James Leeds, a progressive teacher, starts teaching at a school for the deaf on an island, where he meets Sarah Norman, a 25-year-old cleaning woman who is also deaf. Despite her troubled past and refusal to speak, James sees potential in Sarah and tries to help her overcome her silence and anger. As they grow closer, they fall in love, but their relationship faces challenges due to their differences and Sarah's struggle to find her identity beyond her deafness.
Children of a Lesser God
The poignant love story of a speech teacher who finds herself captivated by the enigmatic janitor, a deaf woman who has chosen to remain silent, unfolds at a school for the deaf.