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27/10/1943 Drama 1h 24m
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A pulsating drama of childhood.

Overview

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.

  1. Vittorio De Sica

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Emilio Cigoli

    Andrea

  2. Luciano De Ambrosis

    Pricò

  3. Isa Pola

    Nina

  4. Adriano Rimoldi

    Roberto

  5. Giovanna Cigoli

    Agnese

  6. Jone Frigerio

    La nonna

  7. Maria Gardena

    Sig.ra Uberti

  8. Dina Perbellini

    Zia Berelli

  9. Nicoletta Parodi

    Giuliana

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Reviews

A review by Probiatos
Written by Probiatos on 2014-01-14
In typical De Sica fashion, it ends on a rather cynical note (and it has this dismal undercurrent throughout), but its bleak and honest message is unfortunately obscured and smothered by the rather schmaltzy acting and uneven script. De Sica is widely recognized as of the leading filmmakers that broke through 'filmic norms', so to speak, by hiring non-professional actors as a way to convey a level of authenticity and realness that are often indistinct in most other films. Especially those that deal with the ideas of economic hardship, a collapse in social order, and the dilapidation of post-WW...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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