Children of a Lesser God
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Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

6.9/ 10

TMDB Rating

339

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1986

Release Year

119 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

Keywords

deaf-mute
deaf
man woman relationship
listening
teacher
teacher student relationship
woman director
sign languages
teachers and students
schoolroom
deaf girl
deafness

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Reviews(2)

6.5avg rating
Wuchak

Wuchak

February 10, 2019

7
7/10

***A school for the deaf on a Maine island with William Hurt and Marlee Matlin*** A teacher (William Hurt) moves to coastal Maine to work at a school for the deaf on an island where he becomes interested in a striking, but disturbed janitor (Marlee Matlin), who was once a student there. "Child

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 11, 2024

6
6/10

Acclaimed teacher "James" (William Hurt) arrives at a school for the deaf where his very "hands on" techniques rather shake the established order of superintendent "Franklin" (Philip Bosco). His pupils make good progress, though, as his methods start to encourage them to speak more and act with much

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