Tea with Mussolini

Mar 25, 1999

1h 57m

★ 6.4

A story of civilized disobedience

Overview

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

War

Production Companies

Cattleya

Cineritmo

Film and General Productions

Medusa Produzione

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Cast

Lady Hester Random

Maggie Smith

Arabella

Judi Dench

Mary Wallace

Joan Plowright

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Cher

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Lily Tomlin

Luca

Baird Wallace

Luca (Child)

Charlie Lucas

British Consul

Michael Williams

Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Paul Chequer

Paolo

Massimo Ghini

Vittorio Fanfanni

Paolo Seganti

Connie Raynor

Tessa Pritchard

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