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.

• DirectorFranco Zeffirelli
• Release25 March 1999
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 57m
• Budget$12,000,000
• Revenue$21,001,563
• Rate
  

  6.4
  151 reviews
• Productions

  Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions, Medusa Produzione