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Titolo originale: Children of a Lesser God
Regia: Randa Haines |
Anno: 1986
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: deaf-mute | deaf | man woman relationship | listening | teacher | teacher student relationship | woman director | sign languages | teachers and students | schoolroom | deaf girl | deafness |
Cast: William Hurt | Marlee Matlin | Piper Laurie | Philip Bosco | Allison Gompf | John F. Cleary | Philip Holmes | Georgia Ann Cline | William D. Byrd | Frank Carter Jr. | John Limnidis | Bob Hiltermann | E. Katherine Kerr | John Basinger | Barry Magnani | Linda Bove | Ann Hanson | James Carrington | Max M. Brown | María Cellario | Jon-Paul Dougherty | Linda Swim | Lois Clowater | Allan R. Francis | Richard Kendall | Christopher Shay | Laraine Isa | Nanci Kendall | Marie Brazil | Charlene Legere | Leigh French | Archie Hahn | Jack Blessing | Nicholas Guest | Gigi Vorgan | Lynne Marie Stewart |

James Leeds, giovane insegnante dai metodi moderni, arriva in una scuola per audiolesi e immediatamente riscuote soddisfazioni insperate. Sarah Norman, ragazza sordomuta, addetta alle pulizie dell'istituto, ha un rifiuto psicologico all'aiuto di chicchessia, ma James, affascinato dalla vitalità intellettuale della giovane, se ne innamora e riesce a recuperare la volontà della ragazza. Pur con molte difficoltà, non ultimo il direttore dell'istituto che osteggia l'insegnante, Leeds riuscirà a far capire a Sarah che è lui che ha bisogno di lei.

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The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to not be nominated for Best Director. D
The original Broadway production of "Children of a Lesser God" by Mark Medoff opened at the Longacre [...] D
A dispute erupted between actress Marlee Matlin and director Randa Haines over whether Matlin should [...] D
The movie's source play won three 1980 Tony Awards including the Tony Award for Best Play, the 1980 [...] D
The first film directed by a woman (Randa Haines) to be Oscar nominated for the Academy Award for Be [...] D
According to the book "Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry" (1999) by Joh [...] D
First of two films that actor William Hurt has made with director Randa Haines. The second being Un [...] D
William Hurt and Marlee Matlin became romantically involved during the making of this film. Apparent [...] D
The film and source play's "Children of a Lesser God" title is derived from the twelfth chapter of A [...] D
Both the name of actress Marlee Matlin and the name of source playwright screenwriter Mark Medoff we [...] D
Initially, Marlee Matlin believed that she was rendered deaf in infancy before the age of two by a b [...] D
Debut theatrical feature film directed by Randa Haines. D
Linda Bove, who has the small role of Marian Loesser in this movie, is best-known as a cast member o [...] D
The name of the Deaf educational facility was "The Governor Kittridge School for the Deaf." Some sce [...] D
The last name of the character Marian Loesser is a homophone for one of the words in the title (Less [...] D
Marlee Matlin won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as Sarah Norman in this film. At 21 ye [...] D
At the Academy Awards ceremony each year, it is traditional that the previous year's Best Actor and [...] D
Then a newcomer actress, Marlee Matlin was just 19 years of age when she appeared in this movie. Her [...] D
The only film that year to be nominated for both Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars. D
Film debut of Bob Hiltermann. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...] D
Marlee Matlin was cast after the film's producers saw a video-cassette of a Chicago production of th [...] D
To cast the central role of Sarah Norman, the part played by Marlee Matlin, a six month casting call [...] D
The film's box office takings shot up by an unprecedented 164% after Marlee Matlin's Oscar win for B [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...] D
The film was selected to screen in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987 where the film wo [...] D
The story takes place in New England but was filmed entirely in Canada. D
The film was made and released about six years after its source play of the same name by Mark Medoff [...] D
The movie was distinguishable from earlier films about deafness such as Johnny Belinda (1948), Anna [...] D
In an interview with the New York Daily News, actress Marlee Matlin said: "I guess I have a Zorba sp [...] D
Debut performance in a film for actress Marlee Matlin. D
For her Best Actress Oscar acceptance speech, actress Marlee Matlin thanked the film's cast and crew [...] D
The film opened at number 5 at the North American box office with an opening weekend gross of $1,909 [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Marlee Matlin has only one spoken line in English during the entire film: "Here you go! Hear my word [...] D
Mark Medoff wrote the source 1980 "Children of a Lesser God" play for actress Phyllis Frelich who pl [...] D
The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 13th September 1986. D

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