The Children Are Watching Us
I bambini ci guardano
Italy • 1944
Director
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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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorVittorio De Sica
WriterAdolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini, Margherita Maglione, Vittorio De Sica
CinematographerRomolo Garroni, Giuseppe Caracciolo
ComposerRenzo Rossellini
EditorMario Bonotti
Cast
Emilio Cigolias Andrea
Luciano De Ambrosisas Pricò