Tea with Mussolini

IMDb 6.4 1999 • 117 min • ComedyDramaWar

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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