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    Tea with Mussolini 1999 POSTER

    Tea with Mussolini

    1999

    English

    6.9

    19

    64%

    76%

    Action

    ambassador

    Comedy

    Drama

    hotel

    italy

    loss of loved one

    War

    widow

    world war ii

    Franco Zeffirelli Franco Zeffirelli Director Cher Cher as Elsa Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin as Georgie Maggie Smith Maggie Smith as Lady Hester Massimo Ghini Massimo Ghini as Paolo
    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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