The Children Are Watching Us
(1943)
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.
Director
Vittorio De Sica
Writers
Cesare Giulio Viola, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Cesare Giulio Viola, Margherita Maglione, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
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Emilio Cigoli
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Reviews
Probiatos
January 14, 2014
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 indis… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
IT
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