Archive of films Children of a Lesser God / Children of a Lesser God
USA
1986, 114 min
Section:
People Next Door
Year: 2018
An Academy Award-winning romance. James begins teaching at a school for the deaf. His belief that they should be taught to speak doesn’t wash with Sarah, who will need persuading if he is to draw her out of her world. But after falling in love with Sarah, James must learn that if we love someone, we can’t control them.
Synopsis
This Hollywood romance allows viewers a peek into the world of the non-hearing. James begins teaching at a school for the deaf. His well-intentioned belief that they should be taught to speak doesn’t wash with beautiful and intelligent Sarah, who is still at the school as an adult and refuses to conform to the world of the speaking. James has some persuading to do if he is to draw her out of herself, but after falling in love with Sarah, James must learn that if we love someone, we can’t control them. At the age of 21, Marlee Matlin won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Sarah, thereby becoming the youngest person to win for a leading role.
Vít Kořínek
About the director
Randa Haines (b. 1945, Los Angeles, USA). Selected filmography: Children of a Lesser God (1986), The Doctor (1991), Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993), Dance with Me (1998)
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | People Next Door |
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Director: | Randa Haines |
Screenplay: | Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff podle stejnojmenné divadelní hry / by the stage play of the same name by Mark Medoff |
Dir. of Photography: | John Seale |
Music: | Michael Convertino |
Editor: | Lisa Fruchtman |
Art Director: | Barbra Matis |
Producer: | Patrick Palme, Burt Sugarman |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Cast: | William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco |
Sales: | Park Circus Group |
Contact: | BFI |