Shoeshine1946
Both directed by Vittorio De Sica, and both starring Emilio Cigoli
The Children Are Watching Us
I bambini ci guardano
Italy / Italian / 1944 / 1h 24m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №323
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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.
