Tea with Mussolini
Tea with Mussolini [videorecording] /
director and writer Franco Zeffirelli ; writer, John Mortimer.
- UCA, 2010.
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
- 015300
This film was originally released in 1999.
Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams.
Well-received drama based on the childhood memories of director Franco Zeffirelli. It is Florence, 1934. A diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. There is Lady Hester Ransom (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy; Arabella (Judi Dench), a singer and artist; Georgie (Lily Tomlin), an eccentric American archaeologist; Elsa (Cher), also an American, and brash and reckless with it; and finally Mary (Joan Plowright), who has virtually adopted a young Italian boy named Luca. As the political climate shifts towards fascism, the ladies must face some inevitable changes, and Luca must face his own responsibilities.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Languages on the feature film soundtrack: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian. Subtitles available: English for hard of hearing, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish.
Retail Only (S9.99)
5050582362657
8236265 UCA
Feature films.
791.437
This film was originally released in 1999.
Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams.
Well-received drama based on the childhood memories of director Franco Zeffirelli. It is Florence, 1934. A diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. There is Lady Hester Ransom (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy; Arabella (Judi Dench), a singer and artist; Georgie (Lily Tomlin), an eccentric American archaeologist; Elsa (Cher), also an American, and brash and reckless with it; and finally Mary (Joan Plowright), who has virtually adopted a young Italian boy named Luca. As the political climate shifts towards fascism, the ladies must face some inevitable changes, and Luca must face his own responsibilities.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Languages on the feature film soundtrack: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian. Subtitles available: English for hard of hearing, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish.
Retail Only (S9.99)
5050582362657
8236265 UCA
Feature films.
791.437