7.8
Forbidden Games
1952
“A story of civilized disobedience”
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
March 25, 19991h 57mEN
6.4
156 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Franco ZeffirelliWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$12.0M
Revenue
$21.0M
Production Companies
CattleyaCineritmoFilm and General ProductionsMedusa Produzione
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7.0The “Scorpioni” are a bunch of entitled and privileged British women who live in Florence in the 1930s under the leadership of “Lady Hester” (Dame Maggie Smith). She is the widow of the former British Ambassador and is not entirely unsympathetic to the aspirations of “Il Duce”. Occasionally, they have to tolerate the interloping presence of the brash and wealthy American actress “Elsa” (Cher) but even with the aggressive rise of the fascists, that appears to be the only inconvenience in their rarified world. One of their number, “Mary” (Joan Plowright) is a kindly soul, and has taken the recen…
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