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Jul 27, 2021. In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca (Charlie Lucas) just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace (Joan...
1 hr 58 mins. Drama, Comedy. PG. Watchlist. Franco Zeffirelli borrowed from his own childhood for this joyous tale about British and American expatriates living in WWII Florence. A group of...
Tea with Mussolini (1999) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Luca, who has just returned to Italy after attending school in Austria, helps Elsa with her efforts to assist those persecuted in Italy. Luca, now a teenager, has fallen in love with Elsa. As such, Luca is jealous of Elsa's professional and personal relationship with Italian lawyer Vittorio Fanfanni (Paolo Seganti).
Mar 26, 1999 · Mar 25, 1999 11:00pm PT. Tea With Mussolini. Much tea is consumed but little sympathy evoked in Franco Zeffirelli's semiautobiographical character piece, which centers on a group of English...
May 13, 1999 · Director, Novel. John Mortimer. Screenplay. 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.
Tea with Mussolini is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.
