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| 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>
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| cinematography = [[Claude Renoir]]
| cinematography = [[Claude Renoir]]
| released = {{Film date|1978}}
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}}'''''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]].
}}'''''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]].
==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.
In a small town by the sea, a group of siblings aged 5 to 13 - Marlene, Dimitri, Marc (nown as Boule) and Laetitia - spend most of their days watching television shows while under care of a Spanish nanny, who they call "Avocados", and dislike.


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.
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 and use the opportunity to live as they wish.

A man arrives who saw the nanny drown. He blackmails the children. They decide to kill him.
== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Alain Delon]] : The Man
* [[Alain Delon]] : The Man
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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
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>
By A. H. WEILER. New York Times 15 June 1969: D15. </ref> This version of the film was not made.

Film rights were purchased by the production company of Alain Delon. However the movie was a box office disappointment.<ref name="box"/>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 06:15, 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 aged 5 to 13 - Marlene, Dimitri, Marc (nown as Boule) and Laetitia - spend most of their days watching television shows while under care of a Spanish nanny, who they call "Avocados", and dislike.

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 and use the opportunity to live as they wish.

A man arrives who saw the nanny drown. He blackmails the children. They decide to kill him.

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] This version of the film was not made.

Film rights were purchased by the production company of Alain Delon. However the movie was a box office disappointment.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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