Talk:Tea with Mussolini

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In the Synopsis section, line 4, the phrase "self-pointed Italian businessman" isn't at all clear to me. I thought perhaps it was meant to say "self-appointed," but that doesn't make much sense either. Would be great if someone could clarify. Thx. MylesCallum 23:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Dubious
I just watched this movie and the character of Lady Hester Random as played by Maggie Smith was the Scorpioni – not the whole group of English women. Can someone confirm that – at least for the purpose of the film – the Scorpioni was the character of Lady Hester Random? In the meantime, I have marked this as disputed on the article page. Please keep in mind that I'm talking about the character in the film named Hester Random – not about the real life Lady Random or the real group of English ex-patriates. --Tiger Marc ROAR! 21:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, at the beginning of the film, British Consul says that "Italians call they The Scorpioni." after Connie Raynor has asked are all the women friends between each other. -Mrshasselström 19:17, 1. June 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrshasselström (talk • contribs) 16:17, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Scorpioni is plural -- the singular would be scorpiono. The whole group of British women were therefore the Scorpioni. Softlavender (talk) 06:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * "Scorpioni" is a plural noun, the singular noun is "scorpione". This means that Lady Hester is a "scorpione", one of the member of the "scorpioni" group. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.138.39.60 (talk) 21:22, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Connection with 1944's "Two thousand women" ?
Is there any connection with the 1944 British film "Two Thousand Women". The story is - in parts - similar and some of the "set-piece" dialogue is identical. Robin J Thomson (talk) 18:50, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Cher's performance grossly underrated
Cher's role and performance in Tea with Mussolini is grossly underrated in all accounts of this film. A close watch of the artist's subtleties reveals her range and sensitivity to the period's diabolical betrayal of the Jews in Europe at the time. 69.14.56.136 (talk) 05:15, 29 April 2022 (UTC)