To Save Nine

(1989)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Drama, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1989

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Lina Wertmüller

Cast: Piera Degli Esposti, Доминик Санда, Hartmut Becker, Susanna Marcomeni, Giorgio Trestini

Plot

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.