Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God(1986)

"Love has a language all of its own."

6.9/10
334 votes
119 minSeptember 13, 1986

Overview

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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

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