Tea with Mussolini
ComedyDramaWar
Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.
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A sun-drenched, elegiac ode to female camaraderie and the bittersweet beauty of youth amidst the encroaching shadows of war. It feels like a warm, lingering embrace from a bygone era, full of grace and quiet strength.
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