Tea with Mussolini

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.

Cast

Maggie Smith

Judi Dench

Joan Plowright

Cher

Lily Tomlin

Baird Wallace

Charlie Lucas

Michael Williams

Paul Chequer

Massimo Ghini

Paolo Seganti

Tessa Pritchard

Claudio Spadaro

Roberto Farnesi

Chris Larkin

Giacomo Gonnella

Allan Caister Pearce

Hermann Weiskopf

Pino Colizzi