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Tea with Mussolini

Italian lad Luca, part-raised by English ladies living in Florence in 1935, re-enters their lives just as the encroaching war sees them forcibly relocated.

Florence 1935. A circle of English ladies settled in the cultured city take an orphan boy, Luca, under their wing. But even a propaganda encounter with Il Duce cannot protect them when war comes, and it falls to Luca and two brash American women they barely tolerate to ease their existence.

Semi-autobiographical drama from Franco Zeffirelli.

1 hour, 50 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 May 2023 21:00
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Mary Joan Plowright
Lady Hester Maggie Smith
Elsa Cher
Arabella Judi Dench
Georgie Lily Tomlin
Connie Tessa Pritchard
Luca Baird Wallace
Luca (child) Charlie Lucas
Director Franco Zeffirelli
Writer Franco Zeffirelli
Writer John Mortimer

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