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Tea with Mussolini

ComedyDramaWar
6.5·1999·1h 57m

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 M...

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Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Arabella

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

Cher

Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

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Baird Wallace

Luca

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Charlie Lucas

Luca (Child)

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

British Consul

DIRECTOR

Franco Zeffirelli

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.