The Children Are Watching Us
I bambini ci guardano
1943 · 1h 24m · Drama · Italy · Rated 12 (NL)
A pulsating drama of childhood.
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.
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Vittorio De SicaWritten by
Margherita Maglione, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Cesare Giulio ViolaBased on the novel by
Cesare Giulio Viola6.9Smart score
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abandonmentbetrayalchildhoodinnocencemelodramamotherhood
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