The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky aims her camera at her own life to capture the remarkable transformation of her deaf parents, who decided to undergo a life-changing procedure to restore their hearing after spending 65 years in silence. Chronicling her parents' experiences over their first year of having sound in their lives, Brodsky tells a deeply personal tale that moved viewers to bestow it with the Documentary Audience Award at Sundance 2007.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Irene TaylorDirector
Themes
deafwoman director