Tea With Mussolini PG

Tea With Mussolini
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DVD Features:

  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: November 16, 1999
  • Originally Released: 1999
  • Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Single Side - Single Layer
  • Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
  • Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
  • Audio:
    • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
    • Dolby Surround - French
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Additional Products:
    • Booklet

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Directed by

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 7,684
...It works surprisingly well....The film has truly novel subject matter....Cher is terrific here doing what she does best...
USA Today
May 14, 1999
It's a lazy, thoroughly old- fashioned entertainment... Yet it's also unexpectedly watchable and unpretentious -- campy, too, if you're into that kind of thing -- and it communicates a sense that everyone involved had a super time making it. Full Review
Independent on Sunday
Nov 27, 2017
Rating: D -- Art and suffocating tastefulness are taken as such inherent goods in [this film] that they utterly overwhelm the real people whom the film pretends to showcase. Full Review
Nick's Flick Picks
Mar 19, 2003
...Cher and Tomlin play the Americans with gusto...
Box Office
Jul 1, 1999
...Lively, fanciful....An amusing yet touching high adventure and an unusual coming-of-age tale...
Los Angeles Times
May 14, 1999
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Cher shines with the spirit of 'Life is Beautiful.' Full Review
Hollywood Report Card
Sep 17, 2001
Rating: 3/4 -- A collection of isolated, anecdotal events that are as warmly amusing as they are lacking in narrative drive. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
Nov 11, 2009

Product Description:

In this gently comic coming of age story, set in Florence over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, the illegitimate son of an Italian merchant is raised by a group of prim English ladies whose passion for Italian culture have made them permanent residents. With the rise of Mussolini and the outbreak of war, the ladies are interned as prisoners, and the boy risks his life to help them. It's a lushly photographed ensemble piece that instills in the viewer Zeffirelli's contagious passion for Italian art and affection for these brave ladies.

Plot Synopsis:

The beautiful city of Florence is at the heart of this story, based on director Franco Zeffirelli's autobiography. It's the 1930s, and young Luca (Charlie Lucas), the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman, is taken in by a group of proper English ladies known as "Il Scorpioni" (for their "sting"). He acquires a passion for the arts as he follows them on their excursions through various museums and cathedrals, and finds his first taste of love when he falls for an extravagant Jewish American named Elsa (Cher). When Mussolini's fascist regime joins the Nazis, the old ladies become prisoners of war, and Elsa finds herself in even greater danger. Luckily, the now older Luca is on hand to help. This lovingly photographed film allows Zeffirelli to give voice to his passion for the art and architecture of his native city. The ensemble of mature actresses have a field day, of course, and includes Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith.

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Production Notes:

  • Theatrical release: April 14, 1999.
  • The film was shot in Florence, Rome, and San Gimigano, Italy.
  • The war footage near the end of this film was taken from A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 116,648
  • UPC: 027616791825
  • Shipping Weight: 0.20/lbs (approx)
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