Children of a Lesser God

About Children of a Lesser God

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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

Randa Haines's Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 romance film. It runs 119 minutes and was released in September 1986.

William Hurt takes the lead as James Leeds, Marlee Matlin as Sarah Norman, Piper Laurie as Mrs. Norman, and Philip Bosco as Dr. Curtis Franklin. Written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. It was produced by Paramount Pictures.

Members will find teacher student relationship, sign languages, man woman relationship, and teachers and students in it. In the United States it streams on MGM Plus.

The Miracle Worker, A Silent Voice: The Movie, and CODA make useful companions to Children of a Lesser God, all filed under deaf girl, deaf-mute, and deafness. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 356 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.