In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.
Tea with Mussolini has generally received positive reviews.
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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 04 Mar 2002
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Tea with Mussolini was released in 1999 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 193 reviews, giving Tea with Mussolini (1999) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Tea with Mussolini than critics were.
With a score of 67%, Tea with Mussolini is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like The Blair Witch Project, Payback and Ravenous.
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