“A deeply affecting tribute to an elderly British woman who encourages a young boy’s appreciation of the Bard. The genesis of passion is lovingly recorded in this sweet, sentimental and understandably pokey film”

- Joe Baltake

“It’s hard to distinguish heartfelt tribute from campy indulgence in this prettified drama”

- Lisa Schwarzbaum

Tea with Mussolini

Director Franco Zeffirelli recounts being raised in Florence during WWII by an eccentric group of women in this semi-autobiographical adaptation. Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Baird Wallace, Charlie Lucas, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Paul Chequer, Tessa Pritchard. (1999, PG)