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To Save Nine

To Save Nine

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1989

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

60%

Original Title

Il decimo clandestino

Production Companies

Reteitalia, Video 80

Director

Lina Wertmüller

Description

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.