Movie
Tea with Mussolini
“A story of civilized disobedience”
ComedyDramaWar
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.
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Details
- Directed by
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Released
- 25 Mar 1999
- Status
- Released
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Cattleya, Cineritmo
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $21,001,563
- Votes
- 162 on TMDB
Cast
Maggie SmithLady Hester Random
Judi DenchArabella
Joan PlowrightMary Wallace
CherElsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgie" Rockwell- BBaird WallaceLuca
- CCharlie LucasLuca (Child)
Michael WilliamsBritish Consul
Paul ChequerWilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo GhiniPaolo- PPaolo SegantiVittorio Fanfanni
- TTessa PritchardConnie Raynor
Claudio SpadaroBenito Mussolini
Roberto FarnesiMaurizio
