ComedyDramaWar

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.

"A story of civilized disobedience"

Credits

Maggie SmithLady Hester Random

Judi DenchArabella

Joan PlowrightMary Wallace

CherElsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgie" Rockwell