Tea with Mussolini · LeviOsa

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Tea with Mussolini · LeviOsa

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1999·PG

A story of civilized disobedience

ComedyDramaWar1h 57m

🍅64%

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64%

Tomatometer

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76%

Popcornmeter

6.4

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Details

DirectorFranco Zeffirelli

ReleasedMar 25, 1999

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$12M

Revenue

$21M

Parental guidePGUS

Studios

CattleyaCineritmoFilm and General ProductionsMedusa Produzione

Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Arabella

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

Cher

Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Baird Wallace

Luca

Charlie Lucas

Luca (Child)

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

British Consul

Paul Chequer

Paul Chequer

Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Massimo Ghini

Massimo Ghini

Paolo

Paolo Seganti

Vittorio Fanfanni

Tessa Pritchard

Connie Raynor

Where to watch(NG)

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

5 fresh · 3 rotten

Critics consensus

“Tea with Mussolini contains few surprises, but this amiably ambling drama is too likable -- and well-cast -- to completely resist.”

64% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Wendy Ide

RTThe Times (UK)May 18, 2023

Franco Zeffirelli drew on his early life for this evocative portrait of an expat community in pre-Second World War Italy.

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Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

The movie is heavier with events than with plot. Things are always happening, but it's hard to see the connections, and the material involving Elsa's love affair, Lady Hester's draft-dodging grandson and Arabella's dog all coexists uneasily.

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Al Weisel

RTOut MagazineMay 25, 2022

Don't expect Italian neorealism; like most of Zeffirelli's work, the film is slightly grander than life.

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Chase Burns

RTThe Stranger (Seattle, WA)Jan 5, 2022

...in all honesty, the movie is drab. They're literally draped in drab...

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Information

Title

Tea with Mussolini

Released

Mar 25, 1999

Rated

PG

Region of Origin

United Kingdom, Italy

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Status

Released

Studios

Cattleya, Cineritmo

Five Graves to Cairo