Tea with Mussolini - UK/Italy (1999), directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Written by John Mortimer, and based on the auto-biographical tale from the early life of director Franco Ziffirelli. An illegitimate Italian boy (Charlie Lucas) is looked after by a group of elderly English ex-patriates living in Florence. With Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin and Cher.