Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 117 minuten
Country:
Italy / United Kingdom
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Cher, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright
IMDb score:
6,9 (14.994)
Releasedate: 25 March 1999
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Tea with Mussolini plot
1935. Luca's mother has died and his biological father wants nothing to do with this bastard child. One of the British ladies in Florence called the Scorpioni takes care of the child and together the ladies raise the child. The most striking lady of the party is the wife of the late British ambassador and when the war in Europe begins, she goes on a tea party with dictator Mussolini, to get his assurances that there will be no animosity between Italy and Britain.
Actors and actresses
Mary Wallace
Lady Hester Random
Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Arabella
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Luca
Luca (Child)
British Consul
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Paolo
Reviews & comments
parcivalis
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- 298 messages
- 353 votes
Light-hearted old lady drama undoubtedly featuring the first and last M4 Nazi Sherman tank ever 
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8442 votes
Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher...a nice highlight in a chronicle of the life of a British community in beautiful Florence.
British behavior, rather anecdotal, is of course very well represented by the ladies, even when it has to fight against fascism, its opponents and finally WWII. In addition to the ladies, the story of the coming-of-age of young Luca is central.
The last part of the film, the occupation and the liberation, is rushed through quite quickly.
Couldn't fully delight, despite Maggie Smith and co
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scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11128 votes
Good film in which four British ladies in Florence take care of a motherless boy. The film is set in Italy before and during the Second World War. Beautiful locations and costumes. In itself a good story that tries to tell a lot, but lacks the necessary focus. A fine cast with two wonderful roles by Cher and Maggie Smith.
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