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Hotel Portofino–A Pleasant Stay?

In this three-season British historical drama, Hotel Portofino, Bella Ainsworth (Natasha McElhone),  the beautiful middle-aged daughter of a wealthy manufacturer of fabrics, moves to Italy in the 1920s to fulfill her dream of having a luxury boutique hotel in the resort town of Portofino.  Problem is that Mussolini is on the verge of seizing power in Italy and destroying what she has built.  On a personal level, Bella’s ne’er-do-well womanizing husband, Cecil (Mark Umbers),  is sabotaging her efforts to create a life of her own. Alice Mays-Smith (Olivia Morris), Bella and Cecil’s daughter,...

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