Tea with Mussolini (1999)

6.5/10 • 117 min • Comedy Drama War

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.

Cast

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Joan Plowright

Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Michael Williams

Massimo Ghini

Paolo Seganti

Vittorio Fanfanni

Claudio Spadaro

Benito Mussolini

Roberto Farnesi

Chris Larkin

Giacomo Gonnella

First Carabiniere

Hermann Weiskopf

Pino Colizzi

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