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UNITED STATES · 1962
The Miracle Worker
Arthur Penn
Synopsis
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool
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Films with Similar Themes
disability and communication · teacher-student relationship · overcoming adversity · human connection through touch · personal transformation
