To Save Nine

Directed by Lina Wertmüller
1989    86mDrama, TV Movie
6.66.3
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.

Where to Watch To Save Nine

  • Piera Degli EspostiMarcella Baralli
  • Dominique SandaDame
  • Hartmut BeckerHerr
  • Susanna MarcomeniPiera
  • Giorgio TrestiniTognone
  • Lina WertmüllerDirector / Screenplay
  • Giovanni GuareschiNovel
  • Enrico VanzinaProducer
  • Carlo VanzinaProducer
  • Gianni GiovagnoniProduction Design
  • Carlo TafaniDirector Of Photography
  • Pierluigi LeonardiEditor
  • Pino D'AngiòMusic

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