To Save Nine (1989)

6.3/10 86 min Drama TV Movie

Overview

Originally titled simply Decimo Clandestino, this Lina Wertmuller "miniature" began life as an Italian TV drama. Piera Degli Esposti plays the widowed, impoverished mother of a huge farm family. The woman moves her nine children to Bologna, where their living conditions are deplorable. To avoid a hike in rent, she tells her landlady (Dominique Sanda) that she is living alone. Also known as To Save Nine (a curiously brief English-language title for a Wertmuller film!), IL Decimo Clandestino was expanded from 60 to 90 minutes for its theatrical release.

Cast

Piera Degli Esposti

Marcella Baralli

Dominique Sanda

Dame

Hartmut Becker

Herr

Susanna Marcomeni

Piera

Giorgio Trestini

Tognone

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