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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.
Theatrical
May 13, 1999
Box Office
$21.0M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
1.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 23, 1999
Director
Writer
Producers
Studio
Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione
Cast
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Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random
J
Judi Dench
Arabella
J
Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace
C
Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson
L
Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
C
Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)
M
Michael Williams
British Consul
P
Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
M
Massimo Ghini
Paolo
P
Paolo Seganti
Vittorio Fanfanni
C
Claudio Spadaro
Benito Mussolini
R
Roberto Farnesi
Maurizio
C
Chris Larkin
Major Gibson
G
Giacomo Gonnella
First Carabiniere
A
Allan Caister Pearce
American Dealer
H
Hermann Weiskopf
German Officer
P
Pino Colizzi
Grandi
