Tea with Mussolini (1999)
A story of civilized disobedience
1999 · PG · 1h 57m · Comedy, Drama, War
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
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.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli
Music by: Stefano Arnaldi, Alessio Vlad
Cinematography: David Watkin
Editor: Tariq Anwar
Box office: $21M · Budget: $12M · Rated 6.4/10 by 161 viewers
Cast
Maggie Smith as Lady Hester RandomJudi Dench as ArabellaJoan Plowright as Mary WallaceCher as Elsa Strauss-AlmersonLily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" RockwellBaird Wallace as LucaCharlie Lucas as Luca (Child)Michael Williams as British ConsulPaul Chequer as Wilfred Random, aka Miss LucyMassimo Ghini as PaoloPaolo Seganti as Vittorio FanfanniTessa Pritchard as Connie RaynorMore like this
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