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Un te con Mussolini

Plot:
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 love of Italian art and culture.
One of those Scorpioni, Mary Walsh, works as the English secretary for Paolo
Innocente, who, in part because of his own wife's adamant refusal, largely
neglects his illegitimate adolescent son, Luca, despite Paolo's want for Luca to
grow up to be a proper young man, much like the English. Luca has lived in an
orphanage since his dressmaker mother's death, death a concept that Luca does
not yet understand. As such, he often runs away looking for his mother. On a
mutual agreement between Paolo and Mary, Mary becomes Luca's guardian, she who
will receive help in raising Luca by her fellow Scorpioni and financial help
from Paolo as needed. Associated with the Scorpioni is a brash younger nouveau
riche Jewish-American woman named Elsa Morgenthal, who, because of her affection
for Luca's mother to who she owed money, sets up a trust for Luca's future.
Among the Scorpioni, Lady Hester Random, the widow of the former ambassador to
Italy, in particular and Elsa do not get along because of their fundamental
outward differences. The life for the Scorpioni changes with the onset of WWII,
more specifically when Italy declares war on Britain and France. Despite all of
the Scorpioni taken into custody of sorts by the Italians, they are eventually
housed in the comforts of a hotel. Lady Hester wrongly believes it is her
association with Mussolini that has gotten them into their comfortable
surroundings, but which in reality was arranged and paid for by Elsa. Luca, who
has just returned to Italy after attending school in Austria, helps Elsa with
her efforts to assist those persecuted in Italy. Luca, now a teenager, has
fallen in love with Elsa. As such, Luca is jealous of Elsa's professional and
personal relationship with Italian lawyer Vittorio Fanfanni. Elsa's own
situation becomes more precarious with the United States' entrance into the war,
the Nazis' increasing persecution of Jews, and Luca discovering that Fanfanni
has ulterior motives in his relationship with Elsa. Through it all, Mary still
tries to be the voice of what is right to Luca, who may be tainted by his own
immature teenaged thoughts during these difficult times.

Actors:
Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith

Director:
Franco Zeffirelli

Original Title............. Tea with Mussolini
Release Date............... 19.12.2020
Store Date................. 04.12.2020
Cinedate / STV............. 14 May 1999
Production................. Medusa Film, Cattleya, Film & General Productions Ltd. [gb], Cineritmo
Genre ..................... Comedy, Drama, War
Runtime ................... 117 min
Source .................... BD25
Audio ..................... Dolby Digital: German English
Subtitles ................. English
Videoformat................ 1920 x 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Size ...................... 50 X 500 MB
iMDB Rating ............... 6.9
iMDB Link ................. http://imdb.com/title/tt0120857