UNITED STATES · 1952

Mandy

Alexander Mackendrick
deaf education family dysfunction child development speech therapy disability advocacy
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London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.

Year1952
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlexander Mackendrick
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