The deaf childhood
Director Lemaine Brigitte
Countries
Duration 64 min
Synopsis
Elsa is a little girl of 9 years of age who hears and speaks, yet, her parents are deaf and do not speak. Her father is a sign language professor and her mother is a painting artist. Elsa expresses herself in French sign language and in spoken French just like her little brother of seven, Réno. The film tells the story of this little girl wthin her family and social life. In the midst of her life is this constant duality between the hearing and the deaf. One day, she meets a movie director. This movie director has lived through the same thing as her and Elsa can finally confide her feelings.
Elsa is a little girl of 9 years of age who hears and speaks, yet, her parents are deaf and do not speak. Her father is a sign language professor and her mother is a painting artist. Elsa expresses herself in French sign language and in spoken French just like her little brother of seven, Réno. The film tells the story of this little girl wthin her family and social life. In the midst of her life is this constant duality between the hearing and the deaf. One day, she meets a movie director. This movie director has lived through the same thing as her and Elsa can finally confide her feelings.