Tea With Mussolini

 

Cher, Joan Plowright,
Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin
MGM/UA; Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Rated PG; 116 minutes 1999
 











Set in Tuscany from 1932 to 1945, this bittersweet drama spans the reign of Italy's Fascist regime, the outbreak of World War II and the arrival of peace. The action turns to the character of a young man (18-year-old newcomer Baird Wallace), taken under wing by five eccentric and strong-willed women living in Florence's Anglo-American community. Staring Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as a trio of colorful British expatriates. Also starring Lily Tomlin as an American archeologist and Cher as a wealthy, Jewish-American art dealer with a string of husbands and lovers behind her.

 

"TEA WITH MUSSOLINI has many pleasures...you can start the Oscar® drum rolls now."
--Liz Smith


"TEA is worth savoring."

--Anne Marie O'Connor, MADEMOISELLE

"Exquisite!"
--Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV
 

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