

Tea with Mussolini
A story of civilized disobedience
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $21M
- Language
- English
- hotel
- ambassador
- loss of loved one
- italy
- widow
- world war ii
- female friendship
- benito mussolini
- florence, italy
- expatriate
- 1940s
- 1930s
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG13 May 1999
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG7 Apr 1999
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14United mj.gov.br28 May 1999
- Physical12CIC Video mj.gov.br31 Dec 1999
- TV14Tv Globo mj.gov.br7 Jun 2001
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU15 Jul 1999
FranceFR
- TheatricalU5 Jan 2000
- Physical28 May 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical66 Jan 2000
ItalyIT
- Theatrical25 Mar 1999
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTPG1227 May 2000
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Tea with Mussolini was released on 25 March 1999.
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12/20/2025
The “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 aggres…
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