The Children Are Watching Us

1943 [ITALIAN]

Action / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 87% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 3308 3.3K

innocence

Director

Vittorio De Sica Photo
Vittorio De Sica

Top cast

Adriano Rimoldi Photo
Adriano Rimoldi as Roberto - l'amante di Nina
Emilio Cigoli Photo
Emilio Cigoli as Andrea - il padre
Giovanna Ralli Photo
Giovanna Ralli as Una bambina che giocca ai giardinetti
Marcello Mastroianni Photo
Marcello Mastroianni as Extra
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777.06 MB
948*720
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 1
1.41 GB
1422*1080
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10

The Beginning of It All

A four-year old boy, Pricò, becomes the subject of emotional folly by his fluctuant parents and inattentive relatives.Peter Brunette notes, "The Children Are Watching Us marks the first full blossoming of one of the most fruitful collaborations in world cinema history. The brilliant pairing of legendary Italian actor and hitherto commercial director Vittorio DeSica with Cesare Zavattini, the talented screenwriter who was to become the chief theorist of the neorealist movement that flourished in Italy right after World War II, created a synergy of magnificent proportions, which allowed each man to transcend his own individual limitations." So, Brunette might be a little flowery with his prose, but he is spot on. Regardless of whatever internal qualities this film has, good or bad, it is historically significant because of its place at the beginning of DeSica's career. This may be his least-known film, or at least one of the lesser known, but without it there would never have been "Bicycle Thieves", "Umberto D", or much of anything else. This really is the birth of the neo-realist movement that defined Italy for a generation.
Reviewed by museumofdave 9 / 10

A Perfect Match of Child Actor and Legendary Director: Honest Storytelling

Once in a great while, a child actor and a director are perfectly matched so that the child delivers an indelible performance that etches itself firmly into film history, as Jean-Pierre Leaud did for Truffault in The 400 Blows, or Haley Joel Osment accomplished for Shamalyan in The Sixth Sense; The child Luciano De Ambrosis performs with an incredible sensitivity to the insensitive adults around him, a mother and father who search for their own bliss while forgetting their child's well-being. Because it was released during WWII in Italy, DeSica's early effort did not receive the kudos it deserved, but deserves to rank in the pantheon with Bicycle Thief and Umberto D; it's a simple story of learning bitter lessons, with a memorable, well-defined sense of time and atmosphere.
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