One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s Children Of A Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt) an idealistic special education teacher and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it sh
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An idealistic teacher of the deaf (William Hurt) becomes fascinated by a young, deaf-mute woman (Marlee Maitlin) who works as a janitor at his school. Angry and frustrated with the hearing world, she refuses to learn to lip-read - until the teacher comes into her life. Maitlin, who is herself deaf, won the Best Actress award for this role, her debut - the film was nominated for five.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. A maverick teacher at a conservative school for the deaf falls in love with a fiercely independent and proud deaf woman who rejects his efforts to teach her to speak. Marlee Matlin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Based on the stage play by Mark Medoff.
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