Tea with Mussolini (1999)

Tessa Pritchard: Connie

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  Title Card : Florence 1935.

  Title Card : The love affair between the artistically-inclined English community and Florence was soon to be overshadowed by the clouds of war.

  Title Card : But at the moment the sun is still shining on the squares and statues, and the dictator Mussolini is the gentleman who makes the trains run on time.

  Connie Raynor : Excuse me, are you the Consul?

  British Consul : Yes.

  Connie Raynor : Connie Raynor of the Morning Post. I'm fascinated to know what His Majesty's Consul in Florence makes of it all?

  British Consul : I can't believe your readers would be interested in our little ceremony.

  Connie Raynor : Oh, they are. Since Mussolini, we can't get enough of Italy.