Tea with Mussolini

A story of civilized disobedience

3/25/19991h 57min6.4/10(159 TMDB votes)

ComedyDramaWar

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli

Plot

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.