
Feature film — 1999
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
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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A high-signal pick with 162 votes.
Cattleya / Cineritmo / Film and General Productions / Medusa Produzione
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Director: Franco Zeffirelli
On screen
Cast & crew

Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench
Arabella

Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace

Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Baird Wallace
Luca
Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)

Michael Williams
British Consul

Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Massimo Ghini
Paolo
Paolo Seganti
Vittorio Fanfanni
Tessa Pritchard
Connie Raynor
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