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Tea with Mussolini (1999) Eat, Pray, Love (2010)

117 min/Drama/ English/Italian 140 Minutes/ Romantic Comedy/ English

Tea with Mussolini shows us a different side of ge- In the movie poster, the actress Julia Roberts is sit-
lato: during the World War II, a group of women of dif- ting on a bench and eating gelato alone, this interesting
ferent cultural backgrounds gathers every day to drink tea character she portrays expresses that any person can
with an ambassdor’s wife. At those meetings gelato is not enjoy their single life and gelato by themselves. And in
just a sweet treat, it is a symbol of Italian culture and fact, what can be better than treating yourself by enjoying
unification, facing the terror of war and making a political a healthy, low fat gelato, and not feeling guilty about it.
statement.

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