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.