Welcome to the second episode of our new and ongoing series: Fascism On Film. Each episode of this series, the Holmes Brothers look and review a film that has to do with fascism. During the episodes, the brothers look and see how the aspects and portrayal of fascism shown in the film relate to current and/or past events.

On this episode of Fascism On Film, the Holmes Brothers head back to Italy during the time of the Second World War to discuss the Franco Zeffirelli's 1999 film Tea With Mussolini. It stars Cher, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin and Joan Plowright. The film is a semi-autobiographical tale about a young orphaned boy left to be raised by old English and American lady expats living in Italy. The film shows the events of Italy before and during the war through the eyes of the boy Luca (played by Baird Wallace as a teenager and Charlie Lucas as a boy) who is brought up by these ladies.

We hope you enjoy this episode and stay tuned for more episodes of this Fascism On Film series.

Be sure to check out our Monument Valley Film on our YouTube Channel, the famous location is featured briefly in one of the films.

Anders's screenwriter work can also be seen in the western The Outlaws, The films is a available to watch in America , parts of Scandinavia (e.g. Denmark, Finland) & the United Kingdom on Amazon and also Apple TV. You can read a review about the film here on Collider.

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