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Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini (1999)

1h 57m | PG-13

⭐ 6.4 / 10

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.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Studio: Cattleya

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

Video: 720p

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Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

as Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

as Arabella

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

as Mary Wallace

Cher

Cher

as Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Baird Wallace

Baird Wallace

as Luca