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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

7.5/ 10

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50

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1968

Release Year

123 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.

Keywords

southern usa
deaf-mute
deaf
coming of age

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Wuchak

Wuchak

March 30, 2026

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6/10

**_Loneliness and the need to connect with others in the Deep South_** This was based on Carson McCullers’ first novel, which she wrote when she was only 23 years-old. It’s a Southern Gothic reminiscent of Brando’s “The Fugitive Kind” mixed with a little of James Mason’s “Lolita.” The story re

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