Tea with Mussolini

Comedy, Drama, War

Judi Dench	Arabella
Joan Plowright	Mary Wallace
Maggie Smith	Lady Hester Random
Lily Tomlin	Georgie
Baird Wallace	Luca
Charlie Lucas	Luca (Child)
Massimo Ghini	Paolo
Paolo Seganti	Vittorio Fanfanni
Claudio Spadaro	Mussolini
Michael Williams
Cher	Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan
Paul Checquer	Wilfred
Charles Lucas

Director	Franco Zeffirelli
Producer	Marco Chimenz; Clive Parsons
Writer	John Mortimer; Franco Zeffirelli

A Story of Civilized Disobediance.

Florence, Italy on the brink of WWII - it was a time of social unrest and, of course - afternoon tea. Join Oscar winner Cher and an incredible cast of leading ladies as they host this radiant, beautiful film, that is worth savoring. Pre-war Florence is the place to be for any proper British woman who relishes culture and the arts. These ladies have everything they could ever want or need - including a promise from Dictator Mussolini himself that not even the imminent World War will impose upon their lifestyle. But when it appears that his word is not kept, and these expatriates - who chose to stay in Italy instead of seeking refuge in their own country - are in trouble, it takes a young outcast boy and a brazen American woman to keep them in the high life and out of harm's way.