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Children of a Lesser God

United States

1986

119 Min
Color
1.85:1
American Sign Language, English
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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DIR Randa Haines

PROD Burt Sugarman, Patrick J. Palmer

SCR Hesper Anderson, James Carrington, Mark Medoff

DP John Seale

CAST William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary, Philip Holmes, Georgia Ann Cline, E. Katherine Kerr, Linda Bove

ED Lisa Fruchtman

PROD DES Gene Callahan, Barbra Matis

MUSIC Michael Convertino

Berlinale (Competition): Outstanding Artistic Achievement

Synopsis

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? –IMDb

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Judicial Joe

13Aug11

Groundbreaking for its introduction of disabled women (and disabled actresses) as romantic leads, the costumes and the music may be dated, but the chemistry between Hurt and Matlin doesn't age. B

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VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

6Oct10

Analizando la ficha tecnica, el reparto hace que la cinta parezca muy prometedora, sin embargo, ya entrados en materia, es facil percibir durante la primera hora que, en comparación,cualquier telenovela de TV Azteca resulta un modelo de cinismo. Mamona,lacrimogena y aburrida,uno no puede dejar de agradecer el que,al menos, uno de los personajes (el de Marlee Matlin) evite decir una sola pendejada durante la pelicula.

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