When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Umberto D. has generally received very positive reviews.
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Umberto D. was released in 1952 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 255 reviews, giving Umberto D. (1952) an average rating of 84%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 91% and users giving an average score of 90%.
With a score of 84%, Umberto D. is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1952, which stands at 61%.
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