Children of a Lesser God (1986)

Director: Randa Haines
Cast: Allison Gompf, Georgia Ann Cline, John F. Cleary, Marlee Matlin, Philip Bosco, Philip Holmes, Piper Laurie, William Hurt

Synopsis:

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 In spite of Sarah’s withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.