| The Miracle Worker (USA, 1962) |
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Directed by Arthur Penn
Adapted from a play script by William Gibson, the movie recounts the struggle of an instructor in Alabama in her attempts to teach a deaf-blind girl, Helen Keller, about the world through the use of hands. |
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| The Wild Child (France, 1970) |
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Directed by François Truffaut
A film-essay based on a true story. In the summer of 1793, a wild boy, discovered in the Aveyron woods, arrives at the national institute for the deaf in Paris. The doctor, Jean Itard, tries to give him language. |
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| Children of a Lesser God (USA, 1986) |
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Directed by Randa Haines
Adapted from a play script by Mark Medoff, the film brings us to the encounter between a teacher for the deaf (William Hurt) and a cleaning woman, deaf since birth (Marlee Matlin). The two protagonists converse in ASL (American Sign Language) throughout the film. Golden Globe and Oscar Award for Marlee Matlin. |
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| In the Land of the Deaf (France, 1992) |
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Directed by Nicolas Philibert
A passionate and enjoyable documentary about the deaf world, depicting scenes of life at times "educational" and at times personal. In French Sign Language with subtitles. |
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| Where are you? I'm Here. (Italy 1993) |
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Directed by Liliana Cavani
A story about the relationship between two young deaf: middle-class Fausto, who wants to be integrated into the hearing society, and working-class Elena, who wants to be accepted for what she actually is. Both main characters, Chiara Caselli and Gaetano Carotenuto, acted using LIS (Italian Sign Language). |
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| Piano Lessons (Australia - New Zealand, 1993) |
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Directed by Jane Campion
The story of a woman, mute since age 6, who arrives from Europe in New Zealand, at the end of the 19th century, with her daughter and a piano to marry a farmer. The woman communicates in signs which the daughter translates into spoken words. |
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| Mr. Holland's Opus (USA, 1995) |
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Directed by Stephen Herek
A music composer, Glenn Holland, is forced to give up musical career to start teaching in high school. However, he and her wife have to face the painful experience of raising up a deaf son. Only when he retires, he discovers a deep relationship with his son and sees his dream of composing a symphony come true. |
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| The Story of Marianna Ucria (Italy - France - Portugal, 1997) |
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Directed by Roberto Faenza
Loosely adapted from a novel by Dacia Maraini, it is a story of Marianna, mute since age 5, in Sicily during the first half of the 18th century. When she grows up, Marianna (portrayed by the deaf actress Emanuelle Laborit) discovers sign language from a French teacher. |
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| Other films in which a deaf actor appears: |
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La notte brava - Italy, 1959. Directed by Mauro Bolognini
The Story on Page One - USA, 1959. Directed by Clifford Odets
The Towering Inferno - USA, 1974. Directed by John Guillermin
The Object of Beauty - USA, 1991. Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
The River Wild - USA, 1994. Directed by Curtis Hanson
Four Weddings and a Funeral - Great Britain, 1994. Directed by Mike Newell
Ridicule - France, 1996. Directed by Patrice Leconte
Jerry Maguire - USA, 1996. Directed by Cameron Crowe |
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