Tea With Mussolini (1999)

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Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea With Mussolini is a drama with comic accents about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, when, as one character puts it, "Mussolini was just a man who made the trains run on time." Luca (played by Charlie Lucas) is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has died and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with

PG, 1 hr. 56 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Franco Zeffirelli

Written By: John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli

In Theaters: May 14, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Nov 16, 1999

MGM/UA

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Cast

Cher
Elsa
Judi Dench
Arabella
Joan Plowright
Mary
Maggie Smith
Hester
Lily Tomlin
Georgie
Baird Wallace
Luca (teenager)
Charlie Lucas
Luca (child)
Massimo Ghini
Paolo
Paolo Seganti
Vittorio
Paul Checquer
Wilfred
Tessa Pritchard
Connie
Mino Bellei
Cesare
Claudio Spadaro
Mussolini
Michael Williams

Critic Reviews for Tea With Mussolini

All Critics (59) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (12) | DVD (3)

A collection of isolated, anecdotal events that are as warmly amusing as they are lacking in narrative drive.

November 10, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The banter, jealousy and cattiness among these charming stereotypes of the Anglo-American lifestyle sweepstakes makes much of this engaging film a winner.

September 10, 2004 Full Review Source: JWR

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S. James Wegg

JWR

Art and suffocating tastefulness are taken as such inherent goods in [this film] that they utterly overwhelm the real people whom the film pretends to showcase.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks

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