Scene from the film 'The Miracle of Anna Sullivan' by Arthur Penn.
Today we start a new series in which we will analyze the different film titles that have approached the world of education from the big screen. In this cycle, we will talk about recent titles such as 'The Professor (Detachment)', but we will also dive into more classic titles, and precisely today we will start talking about 'The miracle of Anna Sullivan', a film that will undoubtedly excite you a lot. The 1962 film is worth it, both for its technical data and for the message it gives off.
The American-born film was directed by Arthur Penn and featured a script by William Gibson, masterfully performed by Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys and Victor Jory.
Its synopsis tells us about a teacher with a traumatic childhood trying to educate a deaf, blind and dumb girl. A dark complex of guilt, for the death of her brother, prompts the pedagogue to redeem herself through the education of the girl. When she arrives at the house where the young woman lives, she meets a family that has supported the girl as they please, due to the inability of the parents to be able to educate her. Hellen is considered a misfortune of nature that has no remission and with which it is impossible to establish any communication. Only the mother is the one who maintains a slight hope. The adolescent, for her part, lives in a completely foreign world of her own. He does not know how to break this bubble until Ana Sullivan arrives, who with great patience and rigor will take care of his education. But for Hellen to be able to communicate would require a miracle.