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Dominican Rep. Tea with Mussolini
1,636
Drama
Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman. The boy's mother has died, and he is raised by an Englishwoman in pre-WWII Fascist Italy. Living to each other in Florence, and presided over by an ambassador's widow, a group of Englishwomen live a sheltered existence which they believe is guaranteed personal protection in a tea reception given by Il ... [+]
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"It's warm, spontaneous and heartfelt. Zeffirelli cared about his memories, and he's done justice to them." | POS |
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"The movie is so aggressively ingratiating that it's probably not to be fully trusted, yet it works suprisingly well on its own limited terms" | NEU |
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"Zeffirelli has created an amusing yet touching high adventure and an unusual coming-of-age tale." | POS |
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"Some fine individual perfs by the tony cast, plus fine period detail and costumes, make the time pass fairly agreeably, but Tea With Mussolini suffers from a fatal lack of focus and emotional center" | NEU |
Canada |
The Globe and Mail | "The most sentimental Italian movie about surviving the war since "Life is Beautiful." | POS |
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