Children of a Lesser God

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-10-31

Languages:

English, American Sign Language

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (11018 Reviews)

Director:

Randa Haines

Genres:

Drama Romance

Cast:

William Hurt Marlee Matlin Piper Laurie Philip Bosco

Writer:

Mark Medoff (stage play)

Hesper Anderson (screenplay)

Mark Medoff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time?

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