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Children of a Lesser God
Drama, Romance
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value emotionally direct romance centered on communication, personal dignity, and the tension between connection and independence.
- Tone
- romantic, melancholic, warm
- Payoff
- swoon, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- communication, autonomy, intimacy, belonging, disability
- Setting
- contemporary 1980s, secluded New England residential school
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