Tea with Mussolini(1999)

movie - first aired/released 1999-03-25 - 117 min - audience 6.4

Comedy, Drama, War

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli

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.