Umberto D.
When older pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari yields from a demonstration calling for a hike in suburban pensions his dressing house, his landlady requires her 15,000-lire rent along with his small dog will be flipped out on the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving the landlady maid to get temporary safekeeping his cherished pet.