

Children of a Lesser God
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.
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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $31.9M
- Language
- English
- deaf-mute
- deaf
- man woman relationship
- listening
- teacher
- teacher student relationship
- woman director
- sign languages
- teachers and students
- schoolroom
- deaf girl
- deafness
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR3 Oct 1986
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1527 Feb 1987
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM1 Nov 1986
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 1986
FranceFR
- TheatricalU4 Mar 1987
GermanyDE
- Premiere12Berlin International Film Festival25 Feb 1987
- Theatrical125 Mar 1987
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1828 Sept 1989
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1527 Feb 1987
ItalyIT
- Theatrical5 Mar 1987
JapanJP
- Theatrical21 Mar 1987
RomaniaRO
- Theatrical1213 Sept 1986
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1524 Oct 1987
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Children of a Lesser God was released on 13 September 1986.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
2/10/2019
***A school for the deaf on a Maine island with William Hurt and Marlee Matlin*** A teacher (William Hurt) moves to coastal Maine to work at a school for the deaf on an island where he becomes interested in a striking, but disturbed janitor (Marlee Matlin), who was once a student there. "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) is part celestial and mundane; beautiful and profane. Thankfully there’s more beauty. The No…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
4/11/2024
Acclaimed teacher "James" (William Hurt) arrives at a school for the deaf where his very "hands on" techniques rather shake the established order of superintendent "Franklin" (Philip Bosco). His pupils make good progress, though, as his methods start to encourage them to speak more and act with much more confidence amidst each other and amongst the talking community at large. Soon they playing a bit of second fiddle …
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