# Children of a Lesser God (1986)

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**Runtime**: 119 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Randa Haines
**Written by**: Mark Medoff, Hesper Anderson
**Starring**: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf, John F. Cleary

> *She is the most mysterious, independent, beautiful, angry person he has ever met. He is the first man who has ever gotten close enough to love her.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

An earnest teacher takes a job where sign language is the only tongue he needs. He falls for a custodian who isn’t eager to translate her feelings. She’s deaf, he’s hearing, and neither seems to have a handbook for this.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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