
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.

Lady Hester Random

Arabella

Mary Wallace

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Luca
Luca (Child)

British Consul
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Paolo

Vittorio Fanfanni
Connie Raynor

Benito Mussolini

Maurizio

Major Gibson

First Carabiniere
American Dealer

German Officer

Grandi