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Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines from a screenplay written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff and based on Medoff's 1979 play. The film stars William Hurt, Marlee Matlin (in her film debut), Piper Laurie, and Philip Bosco.
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“Children of a Lesser God” is a competent, professional docudrama. It could have been more. Film is the medium of the visual and should be ideally suited to a story about a person who cannot hear, but only if the movie invites us inside that world and invites – even forces – us to an act of empathy.
Children of a Lesser God: Directed by Randa Haines. With William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco. A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
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- Drama, Romance
- Randa Haines
Dec 23, 2021 · Nils Skudra reviews the movie Children of a Lesser God starring deaf actress Marlee Matlin.
Overview. Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair. Randa Haines. Director.
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Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
