Umberto D.

Year: 1952

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Vittorio De Sica

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After returning to his boarding house from a protest demanding higher old‑age pensions, the frail pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari learns his landlady will evict him and his small dog unless he pays the 15,000‑lire rent by month’s end. With no money, he pretends to be ill to be admitted to a hospital and entrusts his beloved dog to the landlady’s pregnant, abandoned maid for temporary care, highlighting his desperate struggle to preserve dignity amid poverty.

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