Editing Tea with Mussolini (section)

{{short description|1999 film by Franco Zeffirelli}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tea with Mussolini
| image = Tea with Mussolini film.jpg
| caption = U.S. theatrical release poster
| director = [[Franco Zeffirelli]]
| producer = Clive Parsons<br>Riccardo Tozzi<br>Giovannella Zannoni<br>Frederick Muller<br>Marco Chimenz<br>Pippo Pisciotto
| screenplay = [[John Mortimer]]<br>Franco Zeffirelli
| story = Franco Zeffirelli (autobiography)
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Cher]]
* [[Judi Dench]]
* [[Joan Plowright]]
* [[Maggie Smith]]
* [[Lily Tomlin]]
* Charlie Lucas
* Baird Wallace
* [[Massimo Ghini]]
* [[Paolo Seganti]]
* [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]]}}
| music = Stefano Arnaldi<br>Alessio Vlad
| cinematography = [[David Watkin (cinematographer)|David Watkin]]
| editing = [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]]
| studio = [[Cattleya (production company)|Cattleya]]<br>Cineritmo<br>Medusa Film<br>Film and General Productions
| distributor = Medusa Film (Italy)<br>[[Universal Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM ready for 'Tea' as Zeffirelli firms sked|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=David|last=Rooney|date=27 May 1998|access-date=31 March 2022|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/mgm-ready-for-tea-as-zeffirelli-firms-sked-1117471253/}}</ref> (Select territories; through [[United International Pictures]])
| released = {{Film date|1999|03|26|Italy|1999|04|02|UK|df=y}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = United Kingdom<br>Italy
| language = English<br>Italian
| budget = $12 million
| gross = $45,566,200 (worldwide)
}}

'''''Tea with Mussolini''''' ({{langx|it|'''Un tè con Mussolini'''}}) is a 1999 semi-autobiographical [[comedy-drama]] [[war film]] directed by [[Franco Zeffirelli]],<ref name="Allmovie_filmography">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/franco-zeffirelli-117884/filmography |title=Franco Zeffirelli Filmography |website=[[AllMovie]]}}</ref> scripted by [[John Mortimer]], telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the [[Second World War]].<ref name="Allmovie_filmography"/>

At the [[53rd British Academy Film Awards]], ''Tea with Mussolini'' won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] ([[Maggie Smith]]). The film also nominated for [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design]] but lost to ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''.