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Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1999

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War

User Score

64%

Original Title

Tea with Mussolini

Production Companies

Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$21,001,563

Description

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.