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 In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Children of a Lesser God performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$31.9M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
James Leeds
William Hurt
James Leeds
Sarah Norman
Marlee Matlin
Sarah Norman
Mrs. Norman
Piper Laurie
Mrs. Norman
Dr. Curtis Franklin
Philip Bosco
Dr. Curtis Franklin
Lydia
Allison Gompf
Lydia
Johnny
John F. Cleary
Johnny
Glen
Philip Holmes
Glen
Cheryl
Georgia Ann Cline
Cheryl
Danny
William D. Byrd
Danny
Tony
Frank Carter Jr.
Tony
William
John Limnidis
William
Orin
Bob Hiltermann
Orin
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