- HD 1080
- Runtime: 117m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, Italy
- Director: Franco Zeffirelli
- Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher, Lily Tomlin
- keywords: hotel, ambassador, loss of loved one, italy, widow, world war ii, female friendship, benito mussolini, florence, italy, expatriate, 1940s, 1930s
- Production_studio: Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione
- Slogan: A story of civilized disobedience
- The Tea with Mussolini is featured in the top rankings of 1999
- #76 in Top Comedy Movies of 1999
- #6 in Top War Movies of 1999
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.
