TY - ADVS AU - Zeffirelli,Franco AU - Mortimer,John AU - Tozzi,Riccardo AU - Zannoni,Giovannella AU - Parsons,Clive AU - Cher, AU - Dench,Judi AU - Plowright,Joan AU - Smith,Maggie AU - Tomlin,Lily AU - Lucas,Charlie AU - Wallace,Baird AU - Ghini,Massimo AU - Seganti,Paolo AU - Williams,Michael AU - Watkin,David AU - Anwar,Tariq AU - Vlad,Alessio AU - Arnaldi,Stefano ED - Medusa Film, ED - Cattleya (Firm), ED - Cineritmo (Firm), ED - Film and General Productions (Firm), ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ED - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., TI - Tea with Mussolini PY - 2012///] CY - [Los Angeles, California] PB - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. KW - Zeffirelli, Franco KW - Older women KW - Italy KW - Florence KW - Drama KW - British KW - Fascism KW - Florence (Italy) KW - Politics and government KW - 1914-1945 KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Comedy films KW - War films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Wide screen (1.85:1); Full screen (1.33:1); Originally released as a motion picture in 1998; Screenplay based on "Zeffirelli : The Autobiography of Franco Zeffirelli," originally published in 1986; Director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Tariq Anwar ; music, Alessio Vlad, Stefano Arnaldi; Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams; Rated PG; thematic elements, language, brief nudity and mild violence N2 - Pre-war Florence is the place to be for any proper British woman who relishes culture and the arts. These ladies have everything they could ever want or need, including a promise from Dictator Mussolini himself that not even the imminent World War will impose upon their lifestyle. But when it appears that his word is not kept and the expatriates, who choose to stay in Italy instead of seeking refuge in their own country are in trouble, it takes a young outcast boy and a brazen American woman (Cher) to keep them in the high life and out of harms way ER -