Ruben: Like, what does it matter? What does it matter? It just passes. Yo. If I disappear, like, who cares? Nobody cares, man. Seriously. Yo, and that's okay. That's life. That's life. No, for real. Okay? It just passes. It just fucking... fucking passes.

Joe: I wonder, uh, all these mornings you've been sitting in my study, sitting, have you had any moments of stillness? Because you're right, Ruben. The world does keep moving, and it can be a damn cruel place. But for me, those moments of stillness, that place, that's the kingdom of God.
Joe: Ruben. As you know, everybody here shares in the belief that being deaf is not a handicap. Not something to fix. It's pretty important around here. All these kids... all of us, need to be reminded of it every day.
Ruben: It's okay, Lou.
Lou: Ruben, you hurt yourself, you hurt me. I'll hurt myself, too. I'll hurt myself, too.
Joe: You should understand that, uh, this is a Deaf community, not just my program, but we're part of a larger Deaf community, and my program and the people in it, they benefit tremendously from that Deaf community. We work with them, and they work with us. But, it's very important, if you want to be here, to understand we're looking for a solution to, to this

[points at forehead]

Joe: , not this

[points at ears]

Joe: .
Joe: How are you, Ruben?

Ruben: I'm okay.

Joe: You're an addict?

Ruben: Yeah.

Joe: What sort of drugs?

Ruben: What'd I take?

Joe: Mm-hmm.

Ruben: Everything

[laughs]

Ruben: . Mainly heroin... Heroin

[does injection motion on arm]

Ruben: .

Joe: Have you thought about using since your lost your hearing?

Ruben: Today is not a good day... . I'm not thinking clear today.
Joe: Let's talk about me. I'm an alcoholic. I lost my hearing in the Vietnam war when a bomb exploded near me. I still remember the music I was listening to when that bomb went off. After that, I lost everything else. My wife, my kid. Not because of being deaf, mind you, Ruben. It was the beer.
Joe: Serenity is no longer wishing you had a different past.
Joe: The church helps people in need, not religious people.
Joe: You have become important to many people around here Ruben.

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Raphael 2022-04-22 07:01:32

This movie gives people a feeling of being superficial. After watching it, I don't feel any emotion. The crazy love of the hero and heroine is completely ungetted. I can't thank my parents without leaving any sense. Thank God
Theron 2022-03-26 09:01:07

3.5 Looked at the poster and thought it was a banging drummer-style story, but it turned out to have almost nothing to do with metal. The third act was a surprise: the restoration of the physiological structure did not bring about the expected restoration of life, which could have been a real disability this time. A person who recognizes a new identity and life, and who pursues inner peace and truly grows. Sound design is somewhere between necessary discomfort and deliberate.