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STORY
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.
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Drama, Comedy, War
United Kingdom, Italy
Franco Zeffirelli
Maggie Smith (Lady Hester Random), Judi Dench (Arabella), Joan Plowright (Mary Wallace), Cher (Elsa Strauss-Almerson), Lily Tomlin (Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell), Baird Wallace (Luca), Charlie Lucas (Luca (Child)) more..., Michael Williams (British Consul), Paul Chequer (Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy), Massimo Ghini (Paolo), Paolo Seganti (Vittorio Fanfanni), Tessa Pritchard (Connie Raynor), Claudio Spadaro (Benito Mussolini), Roberto Farnesi (Maurizio), Chris Larkin (Major Gibson), Giacomo Gonnella (First Carabiniere), Allan Caister Pearce (American Dealer), Hermann Weiskopf (German Officer), Pino Colizzi (Grandi)
Tariq Anwar (Editor), David Watkin (Director of Photography), Franco Zeffirelli (Novel), Clive Parsons (Producer), Marco Chimenz (Producer), Stefano Arnaldi (Music), Alessio Vlad (Music) more..., John Mortimer (Screenplay), Leonard Engelman (Makeup Artist), Frederick Muller (Producer), Jenny Beavan (Costume Design), Gerry Humphreys (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Maria Teresa Corridoni (Hairstylist), Craig Irving (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Riccardo Tozzi (Producer), Mirta Guarnaschelli (Casting), Franco Corridoni (Key Makeup Artist), Dean Humphreys (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Victoria Wood (Wigmaker), Colin Ritchie (ADR Editor), Vivian McAteer (Hairstylist), Fiorella Mariani (Art Direction), John Bateman (ADR Mixer), Richard Fettes (Foley Editor), Alberto Spiazzi (Costume Design), Giovannella Zannoni (Producer), Anna Anni (Costume Design), Emma Style (Casting), Biagio Fersini (Art Direction), Carlo Centolavigna (Art Direction), Marco Allegri (Set Decoration), Zoe Tahir (Hairstylist),
Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione
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Arabella brings Luca to school.
Just as the ladies think they are safe because Lady Hester drank tea with Mussolini, the fight club arrives and throws the paintings out of the window. Luca manages to safe the dog.
Mary arrives at the orphanage with Luca but changes her mind.
Mary walks through the city with Luca. She hears that she is probably too late for the remembrance.
After his father has left him, Mary tries to explain to Luca why he will not see his mother again.
Elsa returns to Italy and visits Georgie who tells her the mother of Luca has died, just after she recognized the boy.