| Record Number |
879203 |
| Title |
Tea with Mussolini [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : ViaVision Entertainment, [2019] |
| ©1998. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
| Special feature: Theatrical Trailer. |
| Creation Note |
screenplay by John Mortimer and Franco Zeffirelli ; produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Giovannella Zannoni, Clive Parsons ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli. |
| Performer note |
Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams. |
| Summary Note |
Florence 1934: A diverse group of cultured ladies meet for tea each afternoon: Lady Hester Random (Maggie Smith), widow of the British Ambassador to Italy, Arabella (Judi Dench), an artist and singer, Georgie (Lily Tomlin), the exuberant American archaeologist and the brash and uninhibited Elsa (Cher). One of their fold, Mary (Joan Plowright), becomes a surrogate mother to a young boy, Luca and he is soon virtually adopted and brought up by the group of ladies. But the shifting political climate begins to have serious consequences for this unconventional community and the maturing Luca must face up to a personal challenge of independence. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| Language note |
In English. Subtitles in English. English captions. |
| Subject |
Fascism -- Italy -- Drama |
| Fascism -- Drama |
| British -- Italy -- Drama |
| Florence (Italy) -- Drama |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Comedy films. |
| Feature films. |
| Added Author |
Parsons, Clive producer. |
| Plowright, Joan actor. |
| Tozzi, Riccardo producer. |
| Zannoni, Giovannella producer. |
| Cher, 1946- actor. |
| Dench, Judi, 1934- actor. |
| Zeffirelli, Franco director. |
| Mortimer, John, 1923-2009. screenwriter. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F TEAW |
