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Children Of A Lesser God [1986]
from Paramount Home Entertainment
starring William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf
directed by Randa Haines

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• boring!
  This film was highly recommended to me - what a mistake - it was so boring I fell asleep - the acting was good - I love William Hurt but the story was awful - forget it!

• It pulls no punches
  I first saw this film when it was released around 1985. I found it powerful then-on a par with the 'Miracle Worker' the Anne Bancroft film about the relationship between Helen Keller-a deaf mute(as Helen's condition was termed then) and her teacher Annie Sullivan. Children of a Lesser God is also about the relationship between a teacher and a young woman who is deaf and who for reasons revealed in the film refuses to make sound or attempt to speak. Essentially it is a story about the deaf world and the... more info

• An Exceptional Piece of Work
  Children of A Lesser God is adapted from a stage play of the same name and the influences are clear - and rewarding. The plot concerns a new teacher moving to a island based residential school for the deaf and falling in love with one it's former students - now working as a cleaner in the school and the problems they have living in each other's worlds. This film is an impressive piece of work in every way for which Randa Haines is to be commended. William Hurt gives a star turn that will quickly make you... more info

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