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Inga Can Hear (2018)

Original title in Latvian: Inga dzird

Documentary Duration 60:56

Sünopsis

Inga can hear is a coming-of-age story of a young girl trapped between two worlds. 16-year old Inga is the only hearing member of a deaf family living in the remote Latvian countryside. Since the age of 7, Inga has been the family's interpreter in the hearing world. Her role in the family has forced her to grow up very quickly and her personality fluctuates between a very responsible young woman and a moody teenager. Inga dreams about escaping her role as the family’s interpreter and, after completing elementary school, decides to leave home. But her classmates at the high school in the nearby town do not really welcome her, the family starts falling apart and it seems that Inga’s plans are doomed to failure. But then one day, the outside world learns that Inga is actually Edward.

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