Get tea with mussolini dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. Tea with mussolini 1999 stream and watch online moviefone. Financial analysis of tea with mussolini 1999 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Tea with mussolini private florence tour shore excursions group. A diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. Charlie lucas and baird wallace play the zeffirelli character as a child and a teen, respectively, but the movie primarily concerns the teaandcrumpetcentered adventures of a group of expat english and american women living in. Tea with mussolini tea with mussolini film a really good chick flick.
A moving and bittersweet portrait of wartime from the perspective of its most overlooked victims, tea with mussolini finds its extremely talented cast in particular cher, maggie smith and joan plowright and legendary director franco zeffirelli in top form, even if it sometimes lacks in narrative and character focus. There is lady hester ransom maggie smith, widow of the british ambassador to italy. In 1930s fascist italy, adolescent luca charlie lucas just lost his mother. Tee mit mussolini ist ein halbautobiografischer spielfilm des italienischen regisseurs franco. Franco zeffirellis motives for creating tea with mussolini may have been decent ones, and this film has a talented cast of actors and is set in one of most beautiful and historic places in the. A woman joan plowright takes in a boy in world war ii italy. That said, tea with mussolini is still entertaining, offering a fascinating account of an italy which no longer exists. His mother is dead, his fathers wife visits him at school to hiss.
An orphaned italian boy is raised amongst a circle of british and american women living in mussolinis italy before and during world war ii. Described as glorious to the eye and the spirit, zeffirellis worldfamous movie tea with mussolini is a splendid reflection of yesteryear florence and san gimignano, weaving together the textures of italy, its art and culture, with the complexities of the british tea society. Elsa cher, also an american, and brash and reckless with it. Taken from a chapter in the autobiography of acclaimed filmmaker franco zeffirelli, tea with mussolini is written by british novelist and playwright john. Other articles where tea with mussolini is discussed. Released may 14th, 1999, tea with mussolini stars cher, judi dench, joan plowright, maggie smith the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a score of 53 out of 100 on.
Tea with mussolini dvd release date november 23, 1999. Tea with mussolini 1999 65% critics 77% audience a group of englishwomen living in italy in the 1930s take in an orphan and do everything they can to protect the child and preserve their way of life, believing that fascist leader benito mussolini will protect them from wars gathering storm clouds. With maggie smith, judi dench, joan plowright, cher. As the war in europe approaches, the lives of the scorpioni change dramatically. Tea with mussolini focuses on the life of a boy named luca, who is director franco zefferellis alter ego.
Feb 01, 2010 a diverse group of women meet each afternoon for tea. Tea with mussolini cher judi dench joan plowright 1999 an englishwoman joan plowright and her eccentric friends cher, judi dench take in a boy named luca during world war ii in italy. Tea with mussolini, dvd, ac3, widescreen, repackaged, drama, 027616791825. Described as glorious to the eye and the spirit, zeffirellis worldfamous movie tea with mussolini is a splendid reflection of yesteryear florence and san gimignano, weaving together the textures of italy, its art and culture, with the. Tea with mussolini is a 1999 angloitalian semiautobiographical film directed by franco zeffirelli, scripted by john mortimer, telling the story of a young italian boys upbringing by a circle of british and american women before and during the second world war. Tea with mussolini is a 1999 angloitalian semiautobiographical film directed by franco zeffirelli, scripted by john mortimer, telling the story of a young. Tea with mussolini 1999 directed by franco zeffirelli. I think it captures the different levels of society of british ladies at that time. Tea with mussolini is a 1999 angloitalian semiautobiographical film directed by franco. The film tells of a boy named luca, born out of wedlock to a clothing manufacturer in florence. Whether or not tea with mussolini is a departure for zeffirelli, it is certainly not a good movie, nor does it ever stake a convincing claim of what it finally means to express, or to whom, or why.
Tea with mussolini much tea is consumed but little sympathy evoked in franco zeffirellis semiautobiographical character piece, which centers on a group of english and american eccentrics in. True, many european films tea with mussolini is a britishitalian coproduction use atmosphere and seemingly disconnected scenes to tell their stories, rather than traditional linear. In 1935 a group of elderly british women, whom the italians have named the scorpioni, have chosen italy, specifically florence, as a place to live to blend their proper british sensibilities with their. Tea with mussolini available in dvd ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Charlie lucas and baird wallace play the zeffirelli character as a child and a teen, respectively, but the movie primarily concerns the tea andcrumpetcentered adventures of a group of expat english and american women living in. Tea with mussolini by franco zeffirelli cher, judi dench. Taken from a chapter in the autobiography of acclaimed filmmaker franco zeffirelli, tea with mussolini is written by british novelist and playwright john mortimer and zeffirelli, drawing on the. Adapted from zeffirellis autobiography, it tells the story of a small italian boy called luca played as a child by charlie lucas and as a teenager by baird wallace, the neglected bastard son of. In florence, 1934, a group of expatriate ladies known as the scorpioni for their biting wit and critical ways, meet for tea nearly every day. How accurate tea with mussolini is, i cannot say, but it is based on the autobiography of the film director franco zeffirelli, who directed and cowrote it, so we can be sure it is true to what he remembers, or wants to remember. Tea with mussolini 1999 in 1930s fascist italy, adolescent luca charlie lucas just lost his mother.
His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by british expatriate mary wallace joan plowright. A semiautobiographical film, tea with mussolini is set in italy during wwii and the years leading up to it. This truth is wonderfully shown in franco zeffirellis autobiographical tea with mussolini. Cher, joan plowright, judi dench, lily tomlin, maggie smith, baird wallace official content from mgm home entertainment a. Tea with mussolini 1999 ws r2 movie dvd cd label, dvd. A charming drama that makes up with the acting what it lacks in bite. The original soundtrack to franco zeffirellis tea with mussolini features compositions by alessio vlad and stefano arnaldi that complement the films tale of a young, bornoutofwedlock boy raised by the scorpioni, a group of female expatriates in world war iiera italy. The film mostly centers around a group of five expatriate womenthree english, two americanwho together raised young zeffirelli after the death. Movie was filmed in 1999, countries of filming locations are italy, united kingdom. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Tea with mussolini ac3, widescreen, repackaged on tcm shop. Though the disclaimer at the end of the film explains that many of the characters and incidences are fictional, the power of the film rests in its authentic exploration of our capacity to care for one another. In filming this semiautobiographical account of life in italy during the dawn of world war ii, director franco zeffirelli imbues tea with mussolini with the mixed.
Tea with mussolini is, like so many other works by its director and co writer with john mortimer franco zeffirelli, for moviegoers with rather more of a sweettooth than i generally find i have. I thought perhaps it was meant to say selfappointed, but that doesnt make much sense either. An orphaned italian boy is raised amongst a circle of british and american women living in mussolini s italy before and during world war ii. Tea with mussolini is a pretty movie, wellacted, and somewhat interesting from a historical perspective, but it doesnt transport us into the womens lives. Where was filmed movie tea with mussolini, cast joan plowright, cher, judi dench, maggie smith. Georgie lily tomlin, an eccentric american archaeologist. Basically its about a batch of older british ladies who live in italy and, war or not, are not, nor will they. Tea with mussolini film by zeffirelli 1999 britannica. Released by drg in 1999 containing music from tea with mussolini 1999.
The film begins in 1935 in florence, italy, where a group of cultured expatriate. Cher played perfectly the brash, rich jewish american with a good heart. Tea with mussolini is franco zeffirellis heartfelt loveletter to british cinemas most dependable export indomitable old ladies in white linen. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by british expatriate mary. Based semiautobiographically on the life of its director, franco zeffirelli, the focus is on a young boy named luca, the illegitimate son of an executive from italy. Untitled in the synopsis section, line 4, the phrase selfpointed italian businessman isnt at all clear to me. Semiautobiographical film directed by franco zeffirelli, telling the story of young italian boy lucas upbringing by a circle of english and american women, before and during world war ii. In florence 1935, young lucas mother is dead, and he is an orphan. Think of themes of english etiquette contrasted with italian heat.
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