The Children Are Watching Us

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The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

NR 04/25/1947 (US) 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.

Vittorio De Sica

Director, Screenplay
Cesare Giulio Viola

Novel, Screenplay
Margherita Maglione

Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay
Gherardo Gherardi

Screenplay
Adolfo Franci

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Emilio Cigoli

Andrea
Isa Pola

Nina
Luciano De Ambrosis

Pricò
Ernesto Calindri

Claudio
Giovanna Cigoli

Agnese
Tecla Scarano

Signora Resta
Adriano Rimoldi

Roberto, l'amante di Nina
Dina Perbellini

la zia
Jone Frigerio

la nonna
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A review by Probiatos

Written by Probiatos on 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 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-WWI... read the rest.

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