If you loved Jane Eyre, try Un thé avec Mussolini
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Jane Eyre, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Un thé avec Mussolini is
A gang of British expats in Mussolini’s Italy find themselves parenting a traumatized orphan until history rudely reminds them fascism isn’t just rude dinner conversation. They shelter adolescent Luca in their Florence salon, where art, wine, and gossip briefly outshine the rising storm. Then the war arrives, turning afternoon tea into full-time crisis management.

