The Children Are Watching Us
“A pulsating drama of childhood.”
Drama
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.
VIBE
A tender, yet devastating look at how adult secrets shatter a child's world. This film feels like a quiet, profound ache, exploring the fragility of innocence against the backdrop of family breakdown.
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