Tea with Mussolini (Tea with Mussolini / Un te con Mussolini)
German title: Tee mit Mussolini
Francaise title: Un thé avec Mussolini
Spain title: Té con Mussolini
Russian title: Чай с Муссолини
Original title: Tea with Mussolini / Un te con Mussolini
Francaise title: Un thé avec Mussolini
Spain title: Té con Mussolini
Russian title: Чай с Муссолини
Original title: Tea with Mussolini / Un te con Mussolini
Alternative titles:
Caroline Beil präsentiert: Tee mit Mussolini
Caroline Beil präsentiert: Tee mit Mussolini
Drama – United Kingdom, Italy
Production year: 1998
Movie length: 117 minutes
Production year: 1998
Movie length: 117 minutes
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writer: Franco Zeffirelli, John Mortimer
Cinematograph: David Watkin
Music: Stefano Amaldi, Alessio Vlad
Writer: Franco Zeffirelli, John Mortimer
Cinematograph: David Watkin
Music: Stefano Amaldi, Alessio Vlad
Movie description:
Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman. The boy’s mother has died, and he is raised by an Englishwoman in pre-WWII Fascist Italy. Living to each other in Florence, and presided over by an ambassador’s widow, a group of Englishwomen live a sheltered existence which they believe is guaranteed personal protection in a tea reception given by Il Duce. However, as war breaks out, the women are interned. Occasionally in this English colony is a wealthy American, who visits among her travels and marriages to wealthy older men. She respects the Scorpioni, as they are known, and secretly arranges for their stay in a hotel. The ambassador’s widow finds her vulgar and tries to ignore her, but when the United States enters the war, the American too is taken into custody. Only then does she discover that her Italian lover has tricked her into signing over all her money and modern art collection to him, and is now arranging her execution. This obliges all to join forces. Lily Tomlin also appears as an American archaeologist working at a dig in the city.Boy Actors
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