Uniform Title |
Tea with Mussolini (Motion picture : 1999) |
Title |
Tea with Mussolini. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, ©2019. |
©1998 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
ViaVision Entertainment : VVE1894. |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
Special feature: Theatrical trailer. |
Based in part on Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography. |
Credits |
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. |
Performers |
Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin. |
Summary |
Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends enjoy the cultured, creative atmosphere of life in Italy, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, NTSC, aspect ratio 16:9. |
Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
Subjects |
Zeffirelli, Franco -- Film adaptations |
Fascism -- Italy -- Drama |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Italy -- Drama |
Americans -- Italy -- Florence -- Drama |
Feature films -- Italy |
Motion pictures, Italian |
Florence (Italy) -- Drama |
Genre |
Comedy films |
Biographical films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Zeffirelli, Franco director. |
Cher, 1946- actor. |
Dench, Judi, 1934- actor. |
Plowright, Joan actor. |
Smith, Maggie, 1934- actor. |
Tomlin, Lily actor. |
Zeffirelli, Franco. Zeffirelli Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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