Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

  • Director: Randa Haines
  • Writer: Mark Medoff,Hesper Anderson,James Carrington
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, American Sign Language
  • Release date: October 31, 1986
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Gottes vergessene Kinder
  • "Children of a Lesser God" is a drama film directed by Randa Haynes and starring William McChord Hurt and Marlee Matlin . It was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
    The film tells the story of Liz, a school teacher for the deaf, who applied to teach at the Governor's School in Kitridge, Maine, but was attracted to Sarah, a withdrawn school cleaner   .

    Details

    • Release date October 31, 1986
    • Filming locations Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Production companies Paramount Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $10,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $31,853,080

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $1,909,084

    Gross worldwide

    $31,853,080

    Movie reviews

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    • By Virgil 2022-03-15 08:01:02

      Innocent eyes and an instinctive smile respond to all kinds of misfortunes in the world~

      The film made Mary Matlin, the only deaf actress in the history of Oscar film, intended to convey that "if a girl truly understands and integrates into society, she will either experience pain physically or mentally, or learn from books in school. There are many ways to obtain it, and innocent love has always been indispensable.” The charming autumn scenery, golden fallen leaves, and beautiful harbor make the film colorful and vivid, which is also the world of the deaf and dumb. This group of...

    • By Yessenia 2022-03-15 08:01:02

      what love can do

      Very early film. I watched it once many years ago, and I was not impressed. This time I caught up with the HBO rerun and watched it again. The heroine is very good-looking, with watery eyes reflecting the waves, a face as clear as marble, and the mockery of doing nothing on the top makes people feel uncomfortable, but that's what it is. As usual, you still can't hate her. Because of her beauty, or maybe because we, like the male protagonist, can clearly see the thumping heart under the...

    • By Khalil 2022-03-15 08:01:02

      different children

      I don't understand why it is translated as children who have fallen out of favor with God,
      but pity for God's daughter is not appropriate.
      He is a deaf children's teacher. He fell in love with her at first sight
      . Maybe it was the impulse of love. Maybe it was a concession that didn't understand love
      . Disagreement with each other or even the coercion between you and me
      Let her learn to speak Let her speak and learn poker Leave the silent place
      She just doesn't...

    • By Jadon 2022-03-15 08:01:02

      How good-looking she is!

      How good-looking she is!
      How good-looking she is!

      who is she? Why is her eyes so pure and peaceful? I only regret that I got to know her so late.
      Her name is Mary Matlin, and she is the youngest actress in Oscar history to win. The year was 1986 and she was 21 years old.

      In the film she plays a deaf girl.

      In reality, she is a deaf girl. She lost hearing in both ears when she was 18 months old. I didn't even know deaf people won Oscars!

      There's...

    • By Jaylen 2022-03-15 08:01:02

      Who am I?

      O me! for why is all around us here
      As if some lesser god had made the world,
      But had not force to shape it as he would,
      Till the High God behold it from beyond,
      And enter it, and make it beautiful?
      - -Alfred Lord Tennyson

      Who are you? Jim asked Sarah. Is it the fear of closing oneself, or the narcissism in confinement. When you sink under water and listen to the sound of the world, what do you hear? The self seems to be so real, yet so fragile, that it needs...

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    • By Clarissa 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Optimism and perseverance are just a virtue in the common man, but one of the necessary skills for survival in the...

    • By Anderson 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      American theme movie? not really my taste =...

    • By Madisen 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      The heroine is so beautiful that she is confused. Without her, this film would have lost a lot of color Clear and...

    • By Marilie 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Is there such a love,...

    • By Sheridan 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      It's not that she can't speak, she just refuses to communicate in the way of "you", why must I learn to speak, not you to learn sign language, if they all communicate, if they can achieve spiritual communication, why the abandoned child Obey the favored...

    Movie plot

    James Leeds, a teacher in a deaf school, doesn't like to play cards by convention. He has a set of effective teaching methods that he has summed up. He applied to teach at Governor's School in Kitridge, Maine, and fell in love with the place, intending to settle there. Guided by Leeds' new approach to education, the school's unresponsive, deaf pupil in his teens has made great strides in learning and has developed a sense of trust in...
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    Evaluation action

    In the film, the director inserted charming scenery such as beautiful autumn leaves, beautiful fishing port and soaring seagulls, making the film very vivid and full of romance. On the surface, people feel that this is just a simple love film. However, the film expresses profound themes in a light-hearted form, reflecting the complex issues facing the deaf community through the love entanglement of Liz and Sarah. Everything in the...
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    Movie quotes

    • James Leeds: Please, please, let me help you, damn it!

      [translating Sarah's sign language]

      James Leeds: "How? By showing you the joys of *sex* with a hearing man?"

    • James Leeds: I was thinking poor little deaf virgin? Who spread her legs for every...? You think that I'm threatened by that? You think that I give a good God damn that you *fucked* every pimply-faced teenager? I don't. I don't give a shit!

    • James Leeds: Did you know that waves strike the average beach about 750,000 times a day?

      [Sarah signs a comment]

      James Leeds: That's true. I just made it up.