Description

In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced that he is deaf and mute. Deciding that silence offers some power and protection, the boy decides to remain mute and just listens to all that is being said around him by people who think that he cannot hear.

Cast

Matthew Modine

Claire Bloom

Judith Ivey

James Earl Jones

Jerry O'Connell

Bernadette Peters

Tom Skerritt

Anne Bobby

Stephen Spinella

Jake Weber

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