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Where can I stream The Children Are Watching Us?
In the United States, The Children Are Watching Us streams on Criterion. It also streams in 5 other countries.
Summary
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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- Directed by
- Vittorio De Sica
- Written by
- Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Adolfo Franci
- Produced by
- Franco Magli, Ermete Tamberlani
- Music by
- Renzo Rossellini
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Facts
October 27, 1943 · 1 h 24 min · NR
- Released
- October 27, 1943
- Runtime
- 1 h 24 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- Italian
- Made in
- Italy
- Available in
- 7 countries
Tropes
Boarding School, Off-into-the-Distance Ending, Driven to Suicide +9
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Questions about The Children Are Watching Us
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Is The Children Are Watching Us worth watching?
76
GreatGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76 (IMDb 7.6 and Letterboxd 3.9 out of 5).
Will I feel good after watching The Children Are Watching Us?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for melancholy and 7 for bleakness, against 2 for hopefulness.
Is The Children Are Watching Us plot-driven or character-driven?
CharactersPlot
Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (9 of 10) and character depth (8 of 10) more than on its plot.
Is The Children Are Watching Us in English?
Italian
No, it was made in Italian.