Disabilities in Films and TV Series
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- DirectorRoss ClarkeStarsSarah-Sofie BoussninaArthur HakalahtiJakob CedergrenA Jewish girl, Esther, forced to conceal her true identity by pretending to be boy on a Nazi-Norwegian farm, plots her escape. The challenge of keeping her true identity a secret leads to a series of choices and consequences.
- DirectorMarcel BarrenaStarsDani RoviraKarra ElejaldeAlexandra JiménezBased on true events, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Iron-Man competition despite he was told that he could not make 100 meters.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
- DirectorGeorge C. WolfeStarsHilary SwankEmmy RossumJosh DuhamelA drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
- DirectorSteven SawalichStarsRon LivingstonMelissa GeorgeMichael SheenRichard Pimentel began his life as a fighter, and his life's work became fighting for the rights of others. After losing his hearing in Nam, he overcame his handicap and used his public speaking skills to inspire injured war veterans.
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsKim Rossi StuartAndrea RossiCharlotte RamplingMeeting his disabled son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
- DirectorNils TavernierStarsJacques GamblinAlexandra LamyFabien HéraudJulien dreams of adventure. But when you live in a wheelchair, such dreams are difficult to fulfill. To do so, Julien challenges his father to compete with him in the "Ironman" triathlon in Nice. A whole family comes together and reconnects in an attempt to see this incredible exploit through.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJake GyllenhaalTatiana MaslanyMiranda RichardsonStronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsAlexander SkarsgårdPaul RuddJustin TherouxA mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
- DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsOakes FegleyJulianne MooreMichelle WilliamsTells the tale of two children separated by fifty years. In 1927, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977, Ben runs away from home to find his father.
- DirectorMehdi IdirGrand Corps MaladeStarsPablo PaulySoufiane GuerrabMoussa MansalyPatients is the story of a rebirth, a chaotic journey of victories and defeats, tears and bursts of laughter, but above all encounters: we do not heal alone.
- DirectorMario BianchiStarsPamela PratiGabriele TintiLoredana RomitoAfter a car incident, in which he lost his wife, a musician remains paralytic. He retire in a lonely villa together with a bisexual, a lesbian and a vicious kid.
- DirectorConrad FarajStarsJosh BodnarT.J. ColleranTim ColleranA young boy must overcome his disability in order to get the girl of his dreams.
- StarsSharon HorganNiamh MoriartyMichael SheenFollows a family driven apart by having to make choices no parent would ever want to make.
- DirectorAdolf WinkelmannStarsBenjamin SadlerKatharina WackernagelHans Werner MeyerA dramatization of the thalidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s.
- DirectorChristoph SchaubStarsEmmanuelle LaboritLars OtterstedtRenate BeckerAntonia (Emmanuelle Laborit) is a deaf woman in her late twenties who lost her parents as a child. With nowhere to go, Antonia was taken in by Verena (Renate Becker), the mother superior at a Swiss convent where many of the sisters have taken a vow of silence. As she's grown older she begins to wonder if she made the right choice. Doing volunteer work at a homeless shelter, she meets Mikas (Lars Otterstedt), a petty thief and onetime carnival performer who is also deaf. Mikas boldly expresses his desire for Antonia, and to her surprise, she finds herself responding to his advances.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guMoon So-riAhn Nae-sangAn irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.
- DirectorRiccardo MilaniStarsPierfrancesco FavinoMiriam LeoneGiulio BaseThe life of serial seducer Gianni is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is a paraplegic.
- DirectorSean CroninStarsDaniel WatsonToyah WillcoxBill FellowsBased on the heart-rending true story of wheelchair user Paul Hodgson.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsRichard ThomasRosanna ArquetteDennis QuaidA young deaf mute is befriended by a Vista worker.