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Summer 1773. At the chateau, there’s a birthday fête for Justine, Madame de Solar’s daughter, but a child bursts in making strange noises. It’s Guillaume de Solar, a deaf-mute hidden by her mother in a hovel. Found abandoned a few days later in the middle of the countryside, he is taken in by the Abbé de l’Epée, who teaches him sign language, which he was the first to adapt into a system. Now the Abbé, aided by his sister, has a single obsession: communicate with him and learn his secret. He decides to appeal to the courts to punish those who abandoned Joseph and to restore his fundamental rights.

France / Belgium - 2006 - 1 h 31 mn - 16 mm - Colour

Director Serge Meynard Script Patrice Laurent, Alicia Alonso Camera Bruno Privat Sound Philippe Richard Sets Denis Champenois Editing Aurique Delanoy Music Pierre Bertrand, Michael Larcange Cast Michel Aumont, Claire Borotra, Yvon Back, Fanny Cottençon

Production Expand Drama - Alya, 132, avenue du Président Wilson, 93210 La Plaine St Denis, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4922 2001 Fax : +33 (0)1 4922 2213 Co-Production Fontana Film, Radiotélévision belge de la communauté française

Sales AB International Distribution, 132, avenue du Président-Wilson, 93213 La Plaine-Saint-Denis, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4922 2001 Fax : +33 (0)1 4922 2216 E-mail : ventes@groupe-ab.fr