To Save Nine (1989)
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
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