Il decimo clandestino: Lina Wertmüller's Tribute to Giovannino Guareschi

This study examines Lina Wertmüller’s 1989 film adaptation of Giovannino Guareschi’s short story "Il decimo clandestino" through the lens of her documented collaboration with the author’s children, Alberto and Carlotta Guareschi. The tale itself is important to consider in its own right for its representation of Grace, a message of redemption that Wertmüller captured because she generously agreed to make changes to her plot that Alberto and Carlotta had recommended. The director’s openness ...