Saw this movie again this evening and just have to write something about it...
I first saw this movie when I was an undergrad. The movie brings up issues between hearing/deaf parents with deaf/hearing children which relates to my own experience so well. My brother went to a special school for deaf students because he is completely deaf in his right ear and has residual hearing in his left. From hanging out with his friends and volunteering in deaf events, I had observed some real-life cases like what was depicted in the movie. In my own case, my mom never picked up the sign language because my brother can sort of speak. She also doesn't like my brother hanging out with his deaf friends too much. I have always suspected that the reason is she thinks he is better than them (completely deaf) and also because of her biased association of deaf community and crime. I felt really lucky that because my brother I get to know this silent world and through sign language I get to have some ideas of the other world.
There were two scenes from the movie which touch me deeply. One is the deaf father asking the hearing daughter what falling snow sounds like. She told him snow makes the world even quieter.
The other is when the father found out the daughter was going away from other people and was disappointed and hurt. He told the daughter "sometimes I wish you are deaf, so you will be totally in my world."
The music is another plus for this movie. I have had the sound track for almost ten years. When I used to work for the Taroko National Park in Taiwan, I liked driving into the gorges, listening to the music with all the windows down. It felt SO good.
(picture from www.imdb.com)
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