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Tea with Mussolini

A story of civilized disobedience

6.4(162)19991h 57m3

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 Kingdom, Italy

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Release dates

  • 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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    CinemaSerf

    12/20/2025

    7/10

    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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