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Love Is Never Silent

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Margaret Ryder (Mare Winningham) has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice (Phyllis Frelich) and Abel (Ed Waterstreet). Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.

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Audience Member A fabulous movie, a true classic movie. The acting, the script are all outstanding. It won an Emmy too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member LOVE LOVED this movie. I felt it was so good and so real. I watched it in my American Sign Language II class, and as someone who is going into interpreting for the Deaf I really learned a lot about the history of the Deaf and the pain that happened to many families because of the ignorance of the hearing. I really feel for the children in this movie, because although they are the only way to the hearing world for the parents, it isn't right for a child to be put into those situations, now I hope in todays world that it never happens again. For both the parents and the children. And I cannot wait to begin to interpreting for the Deaf Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member this is one of the best movies I have ever seen! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie! My aunt actually plays the protagonist as a 10 year old. After seeing this one again I was amazed to see that she was in a scene with the legendary Sid Caesar!!! Wow. Anyway, a really good movie and it has a personal connection to me because my mother is a CODA. Anyway, it's a little old but the acting is top notch. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member love is never silent 1985 there has deaf of parent very good show movie wonderful i love to watch there . by elaine miller Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member It is so wonderful, made me weep. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Margaret Ryder (Mare Winningham) has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice (Phyllis Frelich) and Abel (Ed Waterstreet). Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.
Director
Joseph Sargent
Producer
Dorothea G. Petrie
Screenwriter
Darlene Craviotto, Joanne Greenberg
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 37m