沉寂=?之桥

《沉寂=?之桥》Marg Duff#[ield (Lee Remick) is ``the Ma#^:ine, wife of /,:`Al (Joseph S)#o mmer) who.@se dau$+ghte./r ;Peg (Marlee* Mat,lin) is d?e a^]f$=. Peg's husb]\?a ,n:`d i +.s k\ illed i$n )(a@ c@+ar accident on@# the way 
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the );^Maine h@.;ouse, and the Duffield's take in P;eg'.s six year]-,; old daughter, Lis
-a=,/, while Pe g r:ecov e#$_\rs. Since Lisa is a speaki`:ng ch * i=ld, M+ar-[,g thinks of h?-er )@+the= way she want.^
e@)d Peg# to be, :+]and seeks guardian /^custody.　　Remick's\ rol]#@e is seco?)-ndary to Matlin's([, though s he is presented as a tragi?`c figure, particularly as Al `)refuses_ to help/![ he!- r=] *plan to gai%[ n (Lisa. Pe! :g?
's deafne%ss.# is s :.aid to \be f,:.ro% m a ch ildhood case of spinal m
e$=_[ningitis, and the t?/elepl[:ay by Louisa Burns-B!+isogno, with st^%@o[ry by$ Lo =);^uis //\a% ;=and To[(]m Bisogno,:  reduces Remick) t
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:ook (  mot ,h*(`e ^r who is self-hating# f\rom guilt a,nd%: t$;%her%]`;efore cann/ ot#^ love her own daughter. In \ a m_emorable scen*,^e\ -,. Peg a^;ng
=]rily signs her exit t,%#%o Mar =g, -si*$n/ce M@#ar=g has refused to learn sign lang@(@)uage,; ;though P[e;$g  *has@_ lea[rne(#d
to spea)/-k for her ^+m?other.　　T:*[he treatmen+_t us+/;#es the Tenne $see .  -%Wil` -liams play, The /];Glass^ %Menager ie, for therapy, to )`)
h))@el( p Peg overcome her gr_
#ie%f and a!))lso @)Marg `lose he:.r unico=rn ] horn@
' and embra#ce her daughter. Whilst Peg -choos: %ing to act in t =his$ =!play ,
may seem an] //`odd choice for_  someone gri
^@evi-)ng%
*, wh/at i !$s more noti_\_cable is that Matlin i(;s]^ ^/far to o more glam=ourous to #be/ be liev*+] able as L _=@au-ra. The B

isogno's inclu)de -Mich)@ael :,_O'Keefe + =as D!an!#, Peg's dece^*as%=ed husba#^=(n].d@/#'%:
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est^ f(ri
end and director of Actors ]:Theatre ?for the]^ De)af,[# to offer Peg a ne`=_w!)/) r[omantic interest,=\ and thankfull?+y she r\??ebukes his pr;ot]estations of love. Although(; his */ #-opinion /;ma!y b+@e ! influenced= by #his^; `cru^=.$sh'@?, D@- !an tells Peg tha/`t being diffe
(rent is better th,/an bei,]-ng normal, s
[)ince the normal ones are @
]as;,,^ `common as wee()ds'. Thi_s philosop[hy reads as %ra*$ther
 Nietzschean, on  @`the leve`l of artists n^o^t being restricted to t$_*he comm@on moral code.-]　　Director!;, #]Karen ]`%A/rthu.- r =%ei=ther has those sig/=ning also% speaki=ng * or those signing be^ing t=:ranslated for the audie_nce, thoug?]h in one scen!e the sound] of lapping wa=ves d/`rowns out th_)e dialogue betwee` +n Dan and Peg. She a:lso gi ves`?/ Matlin so@me good%; moments, one being he#=r scream of horror when she hears the n=[,\ews of the  death of #he*@r` hus[+band, and anoth$er when s

he chas:!es Rem_[_ic?/,k down a fl
)ight);+\ of ?-$steps,:( hitt%`$ing+! +her.