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Tea with Mussolini
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6.5In 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.
Released: 1999-03-25117 minDir: Franco ZeffirelliComedy, Drama, WarBudget: $12.0MBox office: $21.0M
Cast
- Maggie Smith as Lady Hester Random
- Judi Dench as Arabella
- Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace
- Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
- Lily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
- Baird Wallace as Luca
Themes
- hotel
- ambassador
- loss of loved one
- italy
- widow
- world war ii
- female friendship
- benito mussolini
- florence, italy
- expatriate
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
14,523 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 3 nominations total
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