Tea with Mussolini

About Tea with Mussolini

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.

Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a 1999 comedy war film. At 117 minutes long, it arrived in March 1999.

Maggie Smith stars as Lady Hester Random, Judi Dench as Arabella, Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace, and Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson. Written by John Mortimer. It was produced by Cattleya.

Shelv files it under italy, widow, ambassador, and expatriate.

The Godfather, Life Is Beautiful, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio make useful companions to Tea with Mussolini, all filed under 1940s and loss of loved one. It scores 6.4 out of 10 from 162 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.