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| story =
| story =
| writer = [[Christopher Frank]] <br /> Serge Leroy
| writer = [[Christopher Frank]] <br /> Serge Leroy
|based on = "The Children Are Watching" by [[Laird Koenig]] and Peter L. Dixon.
| starring =[[Alain Delon]]<br />[[Sophie Renoir]]
| starring =[[Alain Delon]]<br />[[Sophie Renoir]]
| music = [[Éric Demarsan]]
| music = [[Éric Demarsan]]
|gross=457,790 admissions (France)<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-alain-delon-c22669761/57&usg=ALkJrhi7CiHZvv2652fmdIVtbI2Mao9YzQ Box office information for film] at Box Office Story</ref>
| cinematography = [[Claude Renoir]]
| cinematography = [[Claude Renoir]]
| released = {{Film date|1978}}
| released = {{Film date|1978}}
| language = French
| language = French
}}'''''Attention, The Kids Are Watching ''''' ({{lang-fr|Attention, les enfants regardent}}, also known as ''Careful, The Children Are Watching'') is a 1978 French drama film starring [[Alain Delon]]. It is an adaptation of the book "The Children Are Watching" by [[Laird Koenig]] and Peter L. Dixon.
}}'''''Attention, The Kids Are Watching ''''' ({{lang-fr|Attention, les enfants regardent}}, also known as ''Careful, The Children Are Watching'') is a 1978 French drama film starring [[Alain Delon]].

The film recorded admissions of 457,790 in France.<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-alain-delon-c22669761/57&usg=ALkJrhi7CiHZvv2652fmdIVtbI2Mao9YzQ Box office information for film] at Box Office Story</ref>

==Plot==
==Plot==
In a small town by the sea, a group of siblings children spend most of their days watching television shows while under care of a nanny, Avocados.
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One day they all go to the beach. The nanny falls asleep on a rubber raft while sundbaking on the sand. For a joke, they put her out to sea. She panics when she wakes up and ends up drowning. The kids do try to save her, but when they fail they decide to not to report it.
== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Alain Delon]] : The Man
* [[Alain Delon]] : The Man
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* [[Paul Crauchet]] : l'ami pecheur
* [[Paul Crauchet]] : l'ami pecheur
* [[Michel Fortin]] : le chauffeur du bus scolaire
* [[Michel Fortin]] : le chauffeur du bus scolaire
==Production==
The film was based on the novel ''The Children Are Watching'' by Charles Koenig and Peter Dixon.<ref>Books Today: Paperbacks
Petersen, Clarence. Chicago Tribune 26 Nov 1970: 22. </ref>


In June 1969 producer Ronald Kahn announced he had purchased the film rights and hired Koenig and Dixon to write a script. He said the film was "a strong comment about an age in which television can take over the minds of the young."<ref>Hello, Young Heathcliff
By A. H. WEILER. New York Times 15 June 1969: D15. </ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 05:50, 9 March 2019

Attention, The Kids Are Watching
Directed bySerge Leroy
Written byChristopher Frank
Serge Leroy
Produced byAlain Delon
Norbert Saada
StarringAlain Delon
Sophie Renoir
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Music byÉric Demarsan
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
LanguageFrench
Box office457,790 admissions (France)[1]

Attention, The Kids Are Watching (French: Attention, les enfants regardent, also known as Careful, The Children Are Watching) is a 1978 French drama film starring Alain Delon.

Plot

In a small town by the sea, a group of siblings children spend most of their days watching television shows while under care of a nanny, Avocados.

One day they all go to the beach. The nanny falls asleep on a rubber raft while sundbaking on the sand. For a joke, they put her out to sea. She panics when she wakes up and ends up drowning. The kids do try to save her, but when they fail they decide to not to report it.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the novel The Children Are Watching by Charles Koenig and Peter Dixon.[2]

In June 1969 producer Ronald Kahn announced he had purchased the film rights and hired Koenig and Dixon to write a script. He said the film was "a strong comment about an age in which television can take over the minds of the young."[3]

References

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Books Today: Paperbacks Petersen, Clarence. Chicago Tribune 26 Nov 1970: 22.
  3. ^ Hello, Young Heathcliff By A. H. WEILER. New York Times 15 June 1969: D15.