Overview
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 as Lady Hester Random
- Judi Dench as Arabella
- Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace
- Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
- Lily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
- Baird Wallace as Luca
- Charlie Lucas as Luca (Child)
- Michael Williams as British Consul
- Paul Chequer as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
- Massimo Ghini as Paolo