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1943·NR

The Children Are Watching Us

A pulsating drama of childhood.

Drama1h 24m

🍅87%

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87%

Tomatometer

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87%

Popcornmeter

7.6

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorVittorio De Sica

ReleasedOct 27, 1943

StatusReleased

Original languageItalian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studios

Scalera FilmInvicta Films

Cast

Emilio Cigoli

Emilio Cigoli

Andrea

Luciano De Ambrosis

Luciano De Ambrosis

Pricò

Isa Pola

Isa Pola

Nina

Adriano Rimoldi

Adriano Rimoldi

Roberto

Giovanna Cigoli

Agnese

Jone Frigerio

La nonna

Maria Gardena

Sig.ra Uberti

Dina Perbellini

Dina Perbellini

Zia Berelli

Nicoletta Parodi

Giuliana

Tecla Scarano

Tecla Scarano

Sig.ra Resta

Ernesto Calindri

Ernesto Calindri

Claudio

Olinto Cristina

Olinto Cristina

Il rettore

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Reviews

6 reviews · 4 critics · 1 fan

4 fresh · 0 rotten

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Ed Gonzalez

RTSlant MagazineMar 18, 2006

Culture vultures dismissed the film at the time of its release because of its protoneorealist sentimentality, but this is precisely what makes De Sica's work so special.

D

Dennis Schwartz

RTDennis Schwartz Movie ReviewsJan 30, 2013

A painfully moving portrait that shows the affects of a family break-up has on a sensitive 4-year-old boy and destroys his childhood innocence.

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Fernando F. Croce

RTCinePassionAug 12, 2012

The painful and necessary maturation of a child and of Italian cinema

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Don Willmott

RTFilmcritic.comMay 20, 2006

The final minutes of The Children Are Watching Us comprise one of those searing movie moments, with images you'll never forget

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Information

Title

The Children Are Watching Us

Released

Oct 27, 1943

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

Italy

Original Audio

Italian

Runtime

1h 24m

Status

Released

Studios

Scalera Film, Invicta Films

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