Tea with Mussolini (1999)
"A story of civilized disobedience"

Title: Tea with Mussolini
Original Title: Tea with Mussolini
Release Date: 1999-03-25
Status: Released
Rating: 6.418/10 (from 146 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Production Companies: Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione
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.
Cast

Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench
Arabella

Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace

Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Baird Wallace
Luca

Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)

Michael Williams
British Consul

Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Massimo Ghini
Paolo