This is an adaptation of a play by Mark Medoff. Deaf-mute actress Marley Matlin won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1987, overtaking both Jane Fonda and Sissy Spacek and Sigourney Weaver.
In my opinion, with all the sincerity of the story and its piercing, the film is too feminine and soft. I should have cut it harder. Such a serious problem, and there are no sharp corners here. Everything on the same line is smooth, flexible, but without a single note of the idea of an approach of a more worldview profile.
“Love is possible only if two people communicate from the depths of their existence. Only at this level is human reality found, only here is life itself, and here is the basis for love. Love thus experienced is a constant challenge, not a place to rest; agreement or conflict, joy or sadness are all secondary to the fundamental fact that two feel themselves from the very depths of their existence, the two being one, each remaining himself and not fleeing. There is only one proof of love: the depth of the relationship and the power of life in everyone is the fruit by which love is recognized. Erich Fromm.
The movie is very interesting. I recommend watching.