To Save Nine (1989)

  • NR
  • 03/25/1989 (IT)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 26m

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.

Lina Wertmüller

Director, Screenplay

Giovanni Guareschi

Novel

Cast

Piera Degli Esposti's headshot

Piera Degli Esposti

Marcella Baralli
Dominique Sanda's headshot

Dominique Sanda

Dame
Hartmut Becker's headshot

Hartmut Becker

Herr
Susanna Marcomeni's headshot

Susanna Marcomeni

Piera
Giorgio Trestini's headshot

Giorgio Trestini

Tognone

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