Synopsis
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.
Cast

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)

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
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