To Save Nine

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.

• Release date
• March 25, 1989
• Runtime
• 86 min
• Genres
• Drama, TV Movie
• Director
• Lina Wertmüller

Cast

Piera Degli Esposti Marcella Baralli Dominique Sanda Dame Hartmut Becker Herr Susanna Marcomeni Piera Giorgio Trestini Tognone