Claim: Tea with Mussolini is an film in English and Italian directed by Franco Zeffirelli which was released in Italy on March 26, 1999 and in the UK on APril 2, 1999.
Evidence: English
Italian Franco Zeffirelli 26 March 1999 (Italy)
2 April 1999 (UK) Tea with Mussolini is a 1999 Anglo-Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.