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In the Land of the Deaf

6.2 99 mins Documentary   1992
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Director(s): Nicolas Philibert

Anyone who has ever ventured to the "Land of the Deafs" will have been struck by the strangeness of the choreographed signs with which deaf people express themselves. Developed ages ago, these signs constitute a veritable language. As precise and subtle as speech, they are as effective as spoken language in making a declaration love or providing a detailed technical description. Jean-Claude, Jeanine, Eric, Cyril, Alain, Juliette, Guy, Aurélien and René have one thing in common - they are all profoundly deaf. So they dream, think and communicate in sign language. Which means that they see the world differently. Viewers embark with them on a discovery of the distant land of the deaf, where sight and touch assume enormous importance.

Casts of In the Land of the Deaf

Jean-Claude Poulain

as sign language teacher

Anh Tuan

as Enfant

Betty

as

Florent

as

Jalal

as

Karen

as

Tomo

as

Odile Ghermani

as professor

Babette Deboissy

as educator

Denis Azra

as school principal

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