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What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1997 · 120 mins · English
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- Directed by
- John Kent Harrison
- Starring
- Lance Reddick, Claire Bloom, Tom Skerritt, Judith Ivey, Matthew Modine, Jake Weber
After his mother is abducted and murdered during a 1945 bus ride, a young boy reaches a tiny Georgia town alone. Mistaken for deaf and mute, he deliberately maintains his silence, discovering that quiet grants him a hidden influence. He listens to the townspeople’s secrets, using their assumptions to protect himself and uncover the truth.
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