Hello and this week's rated or dated I'm Hannah done Levy and this week I am joined by the same as every week

Mickey known and I feel I change on a daily basis Hannah so I'm a little bit out by that but okay hi same old say bold Mickey Noonan and

and Jen offered hello Jen if someone wants to see Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith in it to within an inch of

I like where would they go? They would go too where we have been 1999's

tea with Mussolini directed by celebrated filmmaker and opera director.

He's apparently very celebrated for his opera direction Franco Zephorelli.

The screenplay was written by Zepharelli and John Mortimer

who also wrote Ron Pole of the Bailey. God my mom was obsessed with Rumpole of the

Bailey. Fun facts about Mortimer he was married to not one but two women called

Penelope, not at the same time you understand. I just thought what are the chances of that,

hey? How many Penelope's do you meet in life? Maybe it's a rule of being called Mortimer.

Maybe.

So this film was based on the early life of Zepharelli, who was born as a result of an

extramarital affair between a fashion designer and a fabric dealer.

When his mother died suddenly, he was brought up within the English ex-Patriot community

of Florence known as the Scorpioni.

The film stars Charlie Lucas and Baird Wallace as our

protagonist, Luca, and a whole host of old lady talent including Lily

Tomlin, Joan Plowwright, Dangerous Dame Duo, Maggie Smith and Judy Dench and

Share because obviously. Hands up if you and I think this might fall flat with

the YouTube but maybe the listeners if they've bothered to watch along

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