All language subtitles for And.Your.Name.is.Jonah.1979.480p.MGMP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-SNAKE.EN

(DOOR OPENING)

Morning, kiddos.

Ralph, wake up.

Hi, Timmy.
Rise and shine.

It's breakfast time.

Come on, boy.
Thatta boy.

Got to get you up.
It's breakfast time.

How you doing today?

Here you are.
Fine.

How's that? Good.

There you are.

How's that? Good.

Jonah. Get up, Jonah.

Gonna sleep all day?

Got to get you
fed and ready.

You got a big day, today,
you know.

Here's your breakfast.

Come on, Danny.
You have to walk so slow?

Hey, where's the
fire here?

He said 8.00.
Well, it's 8.00.

We're not there yet.

We're here. This is it.
This is the hospital.

Come on.
If you promise
not to run,

I'll hold your hand.

Oh, Danny, come on.

(BLABBERS)

Jonah. Come back here.

Jonah.

Jonah.

(INDISTINCT LAUGHING)

Jonah.

I'm going to get you.
Jonah, come back here,
I said.

Jonah!

He's been here what,
two years?

JENNY: Three.

Three years
and four months.

Hmm.

Well, are there
anymore questions
I can answer?

No.

Mrs. Corelli?

I just find it
hard to understand,
that's all.

How does it happen
that a little boy
gets sent here

and nobody knows
what's wrong with him?

I thought we went over this
on the phone, Mrs. Corelli.

You went over it,

and I just listened,
and I still don't understand.

Jenny, come on,
will you, please?

Come on, Danny.
He's supposed
to be a doctor.

Doctors make mistakes,
Mrs. Corelli.

It was your own
family doctor

who diagnosed him
as retarded.

Well, it's some mistake!
That's all I can say.

Three years
is a pretty big mistake!

(DANNY LAUGHING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Oh, no! Oh, oh.

Aw, come on, Jenny.

Don't get all mushy here,
will you?

I can't help it.

DANNY: Hey, you were
really hitting on him.

JENNY: Who?

That, uh, doctor,
whatever his name was.

You really had him
by the pant cuffs.

I thought
you were going to
chew his leg off.

Come on, Danny.
I was not.

You were too.
I'm telling you, you were
making me nervous.

Well, he's a doctor.
He's supposed to know
what he's doing.

Right, Jonah?

(LAUGHS)

You think he'll
ever forgive us?

Oh, who, that guy?

No, not Dr. Tibbs.
Jonah.

Jenny, what are you doing?

It's not your fault.
I told you that
a hundred times.

Well, it sure
feels like it.

Come on.
Quit acting goofy.

Are you glad?

Yeah.
Are you? Really?

Yeah, what do you think?

I don't know.
What do you think?

Huh, Jonah?
What do you think?

(HORN HONKS)

Hey, watch this car, huh?

You remember this house?
It's been a long time.

Come on, Danny.

This is your
house, Jonah. Look.

How you doing?

I don't think
he remembers, Danny.

ALL: Surprise!

Hello, Jonah.

Jonah, come here.
Let me look at you.

You remember your grandma?
Mmm, you remember me?

Ah, Ma.
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

He's a big boy!

Oh, come here.
Come and say hi
to your brother Anthony.

Can you say hi
to your brother?

Can you say hi to
your brother Jonah?

Hi.

Oh, come on, Jonah.
Come on, Mom.

Let me introduce
Jonah to the kids.

Ah, now, do you remember
your Uncle Larry?

Yes. And this is cousin
Richard and Robbie.

Hi.

And this is Lisa,
whom you haven't met yet.

Now, your cousin Richard,
you know,

just got on
the football team.

I don't know
if your mother...

(DISTORTED)

...bicycle, Jonah.

And I know that
he would love
to take you out.

(DISTORTED)

ANN: Jonah.
Well, he looks like me.

(DISTORTED)

Danny.

And I don't know
if you remember,
but your cousin

Richard and Robbie...
Ann. Ann, Ann...

...visited you
in the hospital.

What are you doing?
The kid's deaf.
He doesn't understand

a word you're saying,
you know?

Huh?

I bet he does, too.

Watch.
Hey!

Would you like a cookie?

Well?

Ann, he read your lips.

How can he read lips?
He doesn't even know
any words, Larry.

He doesn't know
any words?

No.

Then how
does he think?

I don't, I don't know
how he thinks.

Well, didn't they
teach him anything
at that place?

Yeah, they taught him
how to tie his shoes

and how to feed himself
with a spoon.

Come on, Ann,
those kids were retarded.

He doesn't know
any words?

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Bravo!

(ALL CHEERING)

Grandma, come on.
Come on.

Come on.

Bravo!

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(ALL CHEERING)
Bravo!

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Beautiful.

Grandma, that was great.

(EXCLAIMS)

When you hear the sound,

pick up a ring

and put it
on the peg.

Wait until you
hear a sound.

(HUMMING)

And put the ring
on the peg.

Good.

No, no. Wait.

Wait until
you hear the sound.

No. No candy.

Not until you hear
the sound.

(HUMMING)

I don't think
I understand.

Is he deaf,
or are you saying
that he's not deaf?

AUDIOLOGIST:
Well, we don't like
that word and, uh...

We can't be
certain just what
his hearing loss is.

We would like
to have him fitted
for a hearing aid.

Hearing aid?

Yes, that's right.

Will he be able
to hear with it on?

Well, it's not quite
so simple.

It won't help him
to hear sounds

that he can't hear already.

It won't
make things clearer.

But it will amplify sounds
he can just barely hear now.

It will raise the level
of sound in general.

And I think, uh,
speech therapy would be
a good idea, too.

Questions?

JENNY: Anthony,
you want some bread?

ANTHONY: Yeah.

DANNY: Jen.

Is that enough butter?
Uh-huh.

Yeah?
DANNY: Jenny,
get me Jonah's glass.

How do you know
he wants any milk?

'Cause everybody
wants milk.

Sometimes I don't.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I like
soda sometimes.

You like soda?
Yeah.

You name me one
famous baseball player

who ever drank
soda as a kid.

I don't care!

I don't believe it. Soda.

Hey, what are you doing?

Hey, look,
he's dropping his stuff
on the floor here.

Hey, what is this?

Jonah, no.
Don't throw your food.

Keep your food
on your plate.

Don't throw your food.

Soda. (SCOFFS)

What are you doing?

Now, would you cut it out?
Don't do that!

Danny, give me his plate.
I'll put his peas in the pan.

(SCREAMING)

Stop it.
She's going to be back
in a minute.

Now, just cool out.
Jonah, will you stop it.

Jenny. Cool out.

Put it there.

Stop it.

(EXHALES)

I don't want my peas, either.

DANNY: Anthony.

Don't be a wise guy.
Just eat your peas.

Jonah doesn't have
to eat his peas.

So you're not Jonah.
So you eat yours.

Why?

Because I said so,
that's why.

Now, you see? Huh?

Come on, Danny. You can see
Jonah doesn't like his peas.

Well, Anthony doesn't
like his peas, either.

Anthony, eat your peas.

Hey, Danny.
You playing tonight?

Nah. Count me out.

Why not?
What are you doing?
Nothing.

The kid's just home
from the hospital.
I better pass.

What, the retarded kid?
He's not retarded, man.
He's deaf.

He's deaf?
Is that right?

Yeah.

How long
is gonna be home for?

Forever.

Forever?
And he's deaf?

Yeah, man, he's deaf!

Can he read lips
and all that
kind of stuff?

No, he can't read lips.
He doesn't even know
what words are.

Well, then, how do
you talk to him?

Hey, Dickie, I don't know
how you talk to him!

Hey.
(GIGGLING)

Ah, come on, Danny.
Don't be fresh.
This is hot. (LAUGHS)

What's with you anyway?

Manicotti really
turns you on, huh?

Jenny, I felt
manicotti before,

I never felt
manicotti like this.

Just let me drain this
before it gets soggy.

Hey, should I turn this off?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Hey, Jonah, it's only
15 minutes till dinner.

You want
to eat crackers?

You sit over here
and eat them
so you don't

track them through
the house, okay?

What in the hell
is this?

That's his hearing aid.

His hearing aid?
Jenny, I've seen
hearing aids before.

I never saw one
that looks like that.

Well, that's the kind
they gave him.

Who gave him?

The hearing aid place.

You're not gonna
let him wear

this out in the street,
are you?

Why not?

Because people are
gonna make fun of him.
That's why not.

I mean, kids are gonna
make fun of him.

Ah, come on, Danny.
What do you
want me to do?

I didn't make
the hearing aid.

Well, honey,
couldn't you ask

for the regular kind
or something?

That is the regular kind.

How about those little ones
that just kind of go in,

like, you know,
behind the ear, like...

Danny, the man said
that this is the best kind
for kids.

They don't break them
as easily and, uh...

Well, they're
harder to lose.

Jenny. Would you look
at this thing?

Aw, Danny...

Come on, I mean it.
I mean, look,

even he doesn't
want to wear it.

He's got it off
already. Come on.

Come on, Jonah.
You've got to
keep it in.

I can't believe
that you couldn't get

something better
than this.

Danny, that's all they had!
I don't think it's possible.

I'm sorry.
Okay, that's enough...

(MUFFLED SPEECH)

...think it's possible.
Danny,
I don't believe you.

Why?

I take a...

I have to let...
Well, what do I do
all day?

I go bowling all day?
I work all day.
What do you want from me?

Oh, come on.
You want to fix dinner?

I'll take him out,
we'll get a new
hearing aid.

Come on, you guys,
it's bedtime.

Jonah's reading Spider-Man.

Good. But it's still bedtime.

That's Spider-Man.
He's my favorite.

He's after the crooks!

Want to see
my Spider-Man doll?

See?

You can play with it.

Hey!

He's mine!

Hey. Come on, guys.
It's late.
What's going on?

Jonah won't let me have
my Spider-Man!

Come on, Jonah.

Here, Anthony.

Good night, Jonah.
(KISSING)

Good night, Anthony.
(KISSING)

How come Jonah
doesn't like Spider-Man?

I don't know.
Maybe it scares him.

Why?

I don't know, Anthony.

But Spider-Man's
a good guy.

But Jonah
doesn't know that.

But can't we tell him?

I don't know how.

Come on,
it's lights-out time.

Good night.

JENNY: Good night.

(TYPEWRITER CLACKING)

Oh, yes?

Oh, we're here
to see Mrs. Marquardt.

I'm Jenny Corelli
and this is Jonah.

Oh, yes,
I'm Mrs. Marquardt.

Forgive me.
Uh, come into
my office, please.

I find I'm a better typist
than my secretary,

so I wait until her day off
and then I do my typing.

Right in here, please.

Won't you sit down?

Does he wear
his hearing aid
all day?

Well, he doesn't
seem to like it
very much.

Oh, he must learn.
Very important.

He must learn to like it.

It's his best friend.

We're trying.
Good.

Well, as I told you
on the phone,

most of our children here
are younger than Jonah.

We like to start them
around two or three,

but I think
he can benefit
from our training.

I hope so.

Uh, may I give you
my little speech,
Mrs. Corelli?

It's something
I like to do

with our prospective
parents and students.

I think it helps to

make ourselves very clear
from the beginning.

Yes. I think I need someone
to be clear with me.

Good. You keep that attitude
and you'll do fine.

We don't permit
the use of sign language

or gestures
in our sessions.

We believe that
once a child
begins to use signs

he becomes lazy
in learning how
to use his voice

and read lips.

He follows the course
of least resistance.

Do you understand me?

I think so.
Good.

You tell me when you
don't understand something
and you'll do fine.

Now, if he uses signs
and does not learn

how to speak
and to read lips,

then when he grows older
he cannot speak to any,
but the deaf.

Do you understand?
Yes.

Unfortunately,
it's a hearing world.

Unfortunately
for the deaf, that is.

So we don't permit signs

and we advise our parents
not to permit
signing at home.

Never.

Never, never.

Now, what do we
believe in?

I don't know.

We believe in practice,
Mrs. Corelli.

Nothing very glamorous,
I'm afraid,

just practice.

Repetition. Many of
our children are quite
successful here.

We have our failures, too,

but I think
it's better to stress
the positive side,

don't you?

Jenny, do you want
more paper?

Okay, I...
I...

...want...
...want...

...more...
...more...

...paper.
...paper.

Good language!
Here you go.

Okay, are you finished?

There's Jonah.

That's red. What's that?

Hi, Jonah.

Hi, Jonah.
Welcome to our class.

You stay. You stay.

Come into the class.
Come on.

Look what
I have for you.

I have your name.

See?

That's your name. Jonah.

Jonah. Come, let's meet
the other children.

Come on. Come on.

Jonah, sit down.

Jonah, this is Kurt.

Kurt. Good, Kurt.

This is Candy.
Say Candy.
Candy.

Good, Candy.

Susan. Good, Susan.

Jennifer.

Jonah, this is Jennifer.
Can you say Jennifer?

Jennifer.

Okay, good. Jennifer.

This is Flavia.
Flavia.

Good. Flavia.

This is Daniel.

Daniel.
Daniel.

Good, Daniel.

You're doing good.

That's good.
Mom, I'm through!

Want to put it up?
Yeah.

Okay. Here's some tape.

I'm through
with Jonah's, too.

Come on. We'll go over
to your bed.

Isn't this nice?

See, you're Jonah.

I'm Mommy.

That's Anthony.

That's Anthony's bed.

This is Jonah's bed.

You're Jonah.

I'm Mommy.

(INDISTINCT)

Hey, it's Jonah!

Come here!

JENNY: Hi, Grandpa.

(EXCLAIMING)
Oh!

(SCATTING)

Hey. Hey, Max! Max!

Show Jonah a trick.

MAX: Where's my orange?

Where's my orange?

Hey, watch this.

(EXCLAIMS)
(JONAH LAUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

Okay, baby, come on, now.
Come on, slugger.
Here you go.

Strike three! Next!

Come on, baby.

Throw that ball.

Hey, Danny, what's this?

Now...

What do mean,
what's this?
Just throw the ball.

Hey, come on, Danny,
put Andy in there.

He's next. Now, come on,
you gonna talk all day,

or you just gonna
throw the ball? Come on.

Oh, come on.

Wait. You got to swing
at the ball, Jonah, okay?

You got to
swing at the ball
when he throws it.

All right?
Hey, how about it, Danny?

It's gettin' late.
We want to play.

Would you just throw
the ball, all right?

Okay, Danny?
That's good.

Get him out of there?
Come on, he's got
two more strikes, Gooch.

Now, throw
the ball to him.

I ain't gonna
throw the ball!

What? Why not?

Because, first of all,
the kid don't know a baseball
from an apricot.

And second of all,
he's going to hurt himself.

Come on.
Get him out of there.

Give me the ball.
I ain't giving you
the ball.

Come on, Gooch,
give me the ball.

Danny! Danny!
Come on, man, calm down.

Listen, why don't
you take the kid home
and come back here?

Hey, Rico,
do me a favor, huh?
You take your kid home.

Don't tell me
what to do with
my kid, all right?

Hey, look,
take it easy.
Settle down.

No, don't tell me
to settle down.

What are you
talking about?

I'm talking about
the people not getting
too excited

about you having
a kid around here.

That's what
I'm talking about, Danny.

What people?

What people don't
want my kid around here?

They...
Now, you show me,
what people?

Don't be such a jerk, okay?

Who's a jerk, Rico?
Don't you go
calling me a jerk.

All right?
'Cause you're a jerk!

Rico, forget
about it, man.

Hey. Jerry, you don't
want my kid around here?

Sal? You don't want
my kid coming around
here or what?

Danny, we came to play.
It's gettin' late, you know
what I mean, Danny?

I want to know, huh?

Who is it
who doesn't want my kid
coming here?

MAN: Hey, come on,
play ball, huh?

Anthony, come on!

(GIBBERS)

DANNY: Hey.

Hey, Jonah, I told you
not to throw food.

If you throw food
I'm going to take
your plate away.

Okay, buddy, that's it.

(SCREAMING)

Where are you going
with his plate?

I'm going to take
the carrots off.

Put the plate down.

Danny, what's the point?
Put the plate down!

He doesn't understand
what you're saying
to him, Danny!

He'll understand that
if he throws his food
on the floor, he won't eat.

You can teach
a dog that!

He's not a dog!
Sure eats like one.

(SCREAMING)

Sit down!

Okay.

Let's go.
That's it. Come on.

(DOOR OPENING)

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(JONAH SCREAMING)

What is it, Jonah? Hmm?

What's the matter?

Oh.

Do you want the airplane?

Okay.

Say, "I want the airplane."

Say, "I want the airplane."

No, Jonah.
I want the airplane.

Do you want the ball?

I want the ball.

Jonah, do you want
the ball?

Do you want the ball?

Do you want the airplane?

Do you want the airplane?

Do you want the ball?

I didn't think
I was gonna make it.

What time do you have?

It's a quarter to twelve.

(GROANS) Nuts!
I had plenty of time.

I was running
down the street
like an idiot.

You got a kid in there?

Yeah.
Which one?

Jonah. We just started.

Oh. I heard about you.
He was misdiagnosed.

Yeah.

Thank God you found out.

Yeah, I'm wondering
if it's any better
being deaf.

I know what you mean.
I got a kid in there.

Tommy. Dark hair,
small face,

and these big earphones.
(LAUGHS)

So, how's he doing?

Okay, I guess.

How you doing?

It's not easy, is it, hmm?

Ah, people don't understand.

I'm Connie Mullaney.

Hi. I'm Jenny Corelli.

(INDISTINCT)

(BELL RINGS)

Throw the ball!
Throw the ball!

Throw it.

(GIBBERING)

(GIBBERS)
What's the matter,
Jonah?

(GIBBERS)

What is it?
What do you want?

I don't understand, Jonah.

You what?

What, Jonah? What?

What is it, Anthony?
What does he want?

I don't know.
Jonah!

Jonah!
This is enough, Jonah.

Jonah! Stop pulling me.

I don't know
what you want.

Jonah, what is it
you want?

I don't know
what that means.

Jonah.

Jonah, stop it!

Stop it, Jonah!

Jonah, don't!

(GASPS) Stop it!

Jonah, stop it!
No, honey, no.

I don't know
what you want.
I just don't know!

Jonah, Jonah, Jonah, Jonah.
I'm sorry. (CRYING)

I don't know.

Oh, baby...

There, you see?
You see him carrying

those grapefruit all
the way from the truck?

You see him?

I see him, Grandma.

He hires Max
to watch the stand

so he can move
the heavy boxes.

She's right, Grandpa.
Right.

You should let Max
move the boxes.

Hi, Jenny.

Hi, Grandpa.

Where's my
favorite friend?

Hah! (EXCLAIMING) Ha!

(EXCLAIMS)

Look, look,
you want to see

what a madman looks like?
That's what he looks like.

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Okay, you want
to be a madman?
I don't care.

I don't care.

Hey, you want to go
and have some coffee
with me?

Sure.

Come on, let's go.
Ah, forget it.

(SCATTING)

(LAUGHING)

Allora... How is it
with Jonah?

Fine.

I look at your face
if I want the truth.

Not fine.

Tell me, what is it?

Grandma, do you
remember the time when
I was a little girl

and you gave me
that little glass ball

with the Empire State
Building inside?

Yeah, and when you
turned it upside down

it looked like
it was snowing

on the
Empire State Building.
I remember.

Yeah, Grandma.

I never told you,
but that glass ball
scared me.

I used to think
there were people
living inside

and they
were suffocating

because they couldn't
get any air.

Last night,
I dreamt that Jonah

was inside the glass ball.

And he was screaming at me

to get him out
and I couldn't.

I couldn't break the glass.
And he was screaming
and screaming

and not even the sound
of his screaming

made it out
through the glass.

And I kept running around
trying to find someone

to help me,
and nobody could.

And Jonah was
so angry with me.

I thought,
he hates me.

Oh, no!

I don't know what
to do, Grandma.

I didn't think it
would be like this.

Like what, bambina?

I thought that
it was just that
he couldn't hear.

It's his birthday
next week.

Hand me that wrench,
will you?

Whose birthday?
Jonah's.

No, honey, the wrench.

I was thinking
of having a party.

What kind of party?

A birthday party.

For what?

For Jonah.

Who are you gonna invite?

I don't know.
Maybe Ann and the kids.

Maybe some of the kids
from the neighborhood.

What kids
from the neighborhood?

He doesn't know
any kids.

What are you going to do?
Call up and invite

a bunch of kids
to a freak show?

Freak show?

Honey, come on, Jenny...

Don't you ever
say that to me!

Say what to you?
Freak. He's not a freak!

I didn't say
that he was a freak.

You said "freak show".
What's that
supposed to mean?

It doesn't mean anything.
It's just like an expression.

I don't want
to talk to you.

Oh, great!
You don't want
to talk to me.

Been yakking at me
ever since he got back
from the hospital.

Now, you don't
want to talk to me.
That's great.

I mean, what do you
want from me?

You tell me,
what do you want
from me?

Where are you?

I want you to care
about Jonah.

I care about Jonah!

Will you stop
yelling at me?
I'm not yelling at you.

What? You don't
want anybody to hear?

They know.
They know all about him.

They think he's nuts.

Stop it!
You think
they don't know?

What, do you think
they're blind?

Stop it, Danny!
What do you want?

What do you want?
You were the one
that was so excited

about him coming home
from the hospital.

Well, weren't you?

Well, weren't you?

I don't know. Maybe I was.
Maybe I wasn't!

At least there
he wasn't paraded
up and down the street

for everybody to point
their fingers at.

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

Do you want to know
what they think about him
out there?

Stop it, Danny.

They think he's a freak.

(GASPS)

(EXHALES)

Oh, Jonah...

Okay? One, two, three!

ALL:
♪ Happy birthday to you... ♪

(MUFFLED SINGING)

(BLOWING)

(CHEERING)

Happy birthday, Jonah!
Listen, you know what?
I think he's scared.

(MUFFLED)

Okay, on three.
ALL: One, two, three.

(MUFFLED SPEECH)

Yeah!

There you go.
Now, that's not bad.
There, there you go.

No, a little
more straight. That's it.
There you go. Hey!

He's doing okay, huh?
Anthony, you're helpin'
your brother here?

Here you go. Come on.
Go ahead. Watch this.
Watch this.

Go ahead. Go ahead.
You can do it. Go ahead.

Oh, careful, Jonah.
Huh? Look at this.

Be careful, Jonah.
That's not good,
that's great.

It is, huh?
I don't believe it.

Not bad.
Look at your brother.

Look at your brother.

Kid's doing okay, isn't he?

Yeah. Look at him. Jonah!

(HORN HONKING)

Oh, kid! Come on.
Get out of the way!

(HONKING)

Jonah!

Jonah!

Look what happened.
Look what happened.

Jonah!
Are you all right?

You okay?

Can he get up?
Wait a minute.
Don't move him.

You okay? Hey!

You all right, Jonah?

Oh, there he is, huh?
Come on. Get up. Get up.

I was only trying
to get by.

He's right out
in the middle
of the street.

You. You, come here.

Get out of that car!
I said...
(ENGINE REVVING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Come back here!

It's not his fault!
It's your fault!

You don't let
some kid like this
out in the street!

What are you
talking about?

He doesn't belong
on the street.

Why don't you
take him away from here?

You shut up! Let me go.
You all right?

Keep your nose out of
somebody else's business!

I don't keep
my nose out of
nobody's business!

And you don't
mind my nose!

Danny, he's all right!

He's okay, Danny.
He's okay.

You all right?
You all right?

What is the point
of having a party, anyway?

Huh?

I told you it was stupid
to have a party.

It wasn't your party.
It was Jonah's party.

Well, Jonah doesn't
know how to act
at a party.

He can have a party
if he wants to.

He doesn't want to.

He doesn't even know
what a birthday is.

It's you
who wanted a party.

You bought him the bike!

That's right.
You're right!

I was stupid.
I shouldn't have
gotten him the bike,

'cause he doesn't know
how to ride a bike.

He can too ride a bike!

Yeah. (SCOFFS)
Yeah, inside.

Back and forth between
the kitchen and the bathroom,

he can ride his little bike.

Stop being so stupid!

Eh, you know,
you're the one
that's being stupid.

'Cause you won't face it.
He's not normal.

I don't want to hear
you say that.

He's not normal!

Stop it, Danny! Stop it!

Don't you
say that to me!

He's not normal!
Face it!

He is normal!

He can't hear!

Yeah. He can't hear,
he can't talk,
he can't think,

he can't even live
like a human being!

He belongs
in that damn hospital!

I said it.
Danny...

That's it, Jenny.
I mean it. That's it.

Danny.

I saw Jonah
in that hospital
for three years.

Every time I went there,
I felt numb.

I thought
it was cold in there.

It wasn't, Danny.
They showed me
the thermometer on the wall.

I had to make myself
go there, Danny!

I had to make
myself go there!

What are you doing?

Leaving.

Don't come back, Danny.

You hear me?

Don't you ever
come back!

Don't come back.

Danny, don't ever come back!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Well, you'd make
a nice fountain.

(LAUGHTER ON TV)

What're you doing?

I think it's getting thin in
the back. Right here,

it's getting thin
back here in the back.

Oh, for heaven's sake.
Baldy.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Stop talking in Spanish.

I refuse,
I won't do it.

I will not get bald!

Well, don't talk to me.
Speak to your scalp.

(LAUGHTER)

Look, you're not
losing your hair

and even if you were,
there's nothing you
can do about it.

Yeah, I guess you're right.
Worry won't do it any good.

Certainly not.
Yeah.

I wonder how I look...

Danny?

Danny, don't go.

(DOOR CLOSING)

Where's Daddy?

I don't know.

Is he coming back?

I don't know.

Is he mad at us?

Oh, I don't think so.
Eat your macaroni, Anthony.

Is he mad at Jonah?

JENNY: No.

If I couldn't hear anything,
would I get a bike, too?

Oh, Anthony.

You know, sometimes
I wonder whether
you want to

make me laugh or cry.

Laugh.

Finish your macaroni.

Ma, it's no big deal.
I went down and filled out
some forms, that's all.

I'm going to get welfare,
what'd you think
I was gonna do?

But welfare?

Come on, Ma.

Oh, Jenny, welfare. (SOBS)

Ma, for Pete's sake's!
You didn't cry once,
all this time, for Jonah.

Now I'm gonna get welfare,
you're crying.

But no one in this family
has ever been on welfare.

I know, Ma.

Oh, Jenny.

Jenny...

Yeah, Ma?

Jenny, don't you
tell anyone!

I won't.

Jonah, look at you.

I could walk out of here
right now and never see
you again.

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

You are Jonah.

I am Mommy.

You are Jonah.

I am Mommy.

You are Jonah.

I am Mommy.

First, I'll let you
look and listen.

And then,
you'll just listen
and you won't see.

Are you ready?

Bah, bah, bah.

Okay, Jonah,
I'll say it again.

Bah, bah, bah.

One more time, Jonah.

Bah, bah, bah.

Ma.
Good for you!
Wonderful.

(MOUTHING)

Mom.

(DOOR OPENS)

That's enough for today.
I'm afraid we've worn
each other out.

Okay.
Bye-bye, Jonah.

Come on, Richie.
It's your turn.

I never thought
I wanted to be like
everybody else.

Now that's all I want.

Just to be like
any mother

and Jonah be like
any boy.

That's not asking
too much, is it?

No.

Now all I need
is someone to
tell me how.

Ah, I used to
go around asking
people that question.

What a nuisance I was!

I would ask teachers,
and doctors, and all
the audiologists, everybody.

I think
I even asked the mailman
what he thought. (LAUGHS)

What did you find out?

Oh, nothing.
Everybody has an answer

and nobody agrees
with anyone else.
Come on, I'll show you.

This one says
you should never let
your child use his hands

to express himself
or he'll never learn
to use his voice

or to read lips.

This one says
exactly the opposite.

That you should use
every means possible,

including sign language,
to talk with your child.

Otherwise,
he'll grow up without
understanding anything.

(EXHALES)

Do you know
what's great about
this place?

It's quiet in here.

You can imagine
what it's like
being deaf

without having to
stick your fingers
in your ears.

(LAUGHING)

WOMAN: This is a rabbit.

You try.

Rabbit.

Rabbit.

You try.

Ra...
Rabbit.

Ra...
Rabbit.

Good try!

Rabbit.

Okay, Jonah.

One more.

Jonah.

Jonah.

Jonah.

Sit down.

No. Ow.

Jonah!

You come with me.

Come over here. No.

Over here. Come on.

This way.

You stay,
you stay right here!

Car.

Look, Jonah.
That's a car.

Aaah.

Car.

Aaah.

That's a truck.
A truck. Watch me.

Truck.
Aaah.

Truck.
Aaah.

"Aaah"? It's not "Aaah".

Is that all you can
say is "Aaah"?

It's a truck!

Aaah.

Jonah, damn it!

I can't stand it anymore.

It's not my fault!

It's not my fault!

Not my fault! Not my fault!

JENNY: Hey, Anthony,
show your brother
the fire hydrant.

Jonah, fire hydrant.

Fire hydrant.

That's good. That's good.

Jonah, look.

Fence.

Fence.

(JENNY SIGHS)

Hey, Anthony,
show your brother
the garbage can.

Jonah,

garbage can.

No, you got to say it
facing him, Anthony.

Jonah,

garbage can.

Car!

Whoa.

(GRUNTS) Yeah.

Thank you.

ANTHONY: Who is it from?

Daddy.

What does it say?

He says he loves you.

Come on.
Let's get the bike
in the house.

Come on.

Jonah! Okay, finish now.

And when you finish,
we're going to start
dancing now again.

Don't tip the onions.
Don't tip the onions.
(EXCLAIMS)

(SIREN BLARES)

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(CARMELLA SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(BOTH SPEAKING ITALIAN)

GRANDMOTHER:
Francesco! Francesco!

What happened to Francesco?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Grandma! Oh, Grandma.
Grandma.

Grandpa!

(SOBBING)

JENNY: Grandpa!

Let me in. Let me in.

JENNY: Grandpa.

Francesco! Francesco!

(SIREN BLARES)

Don't worry. Don't worry.
Jonah.

He'll be all right.
He'll be all right.

He'll be all right.

(CRYING)

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Mamma. Mamma, get up.
Mamma, come.

Goodbye.
Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Say goodbye
to Grandpa.
Goodbye.

He's dead, Jonah.

Grandpa's dead.

(BELL TOLLING)

Jenny, I'm sorry.

He was Jonah's best friend.

And I don't think
he even understands
what's happened, Danny.

Yeah.

I wish he could tell me
how he's feeling.

Yeah, I know.

He takes in
so much with his eyes.

But none of it
ever comes back
out again.

Sometimes I'm afraid
he'll get so full of things

he'll just burst.

Look...

I got be going,
you know, I just...

Just kind of
wanted to stop by,
you know.

Jonah! Jonah!

(RINGS)

Yeah?

What?

No. No. He's...

Wait a minute.

Carmella?
Si.

Where... Where was he?

I see him running by.
I look for you
but nobody with him!

Well, where did
you see him?

Right there.
But he's gone now!

Which way did he go?

I think he went that way.
That way.

Oh, Grandma, we'll find him.
Please! Please!
You get him, find him!

You'll find him. Go. Go.

(TIRES SCREECH)

Hey, kid!

Hey, kid, you could have
got yourself killed!

Hey, kid, wait a minute!

Hey, hey, take it easy.
Take it easy.

Hey, kid. Hey, kid.

What are you doing
wandering around
the streets like that?

Hey, come on.
Come on. You can't do that.

Hey, what's the
matter with you, kid?

(SCREAMS)

Hey, what are you
crazy or something?

Take it easy.
Take it easy.

Hey, look,
it's gonna be all right.

Take it easy,
will you, kid?

Hey, this kid's crazy
or something.

Whoa. Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What's the problem?

It's all right.
Easy. Easy.

It's all right!
It's all right!

(SCREAMING)

(SIREN BLARES)

It's the room
at the end of the hall,
around at the right.

Jonah!

Why is he tied up
like that?

What are you
doing to him?

We couldn't control him.
He wouldn't listen to us.

But he's deaf! He's deaf!
He's just deaf!

Untie him!
MALE NURSE:
We didn't know.

Calm down, lady.
We didn't...
Here, take it easy.

Please, untie him!

We couldn't control him!

Untie him!
What are you doing to him?

We'll take care of him.

Everything will be all right.

He's just deaf!
He's only deaf!

JENNY: It was awful.
He looked so helpless.

And when
he looked at me...

What?

He hated me.

Oh, man,
he didn't hate you.

Danny, he did.

It was like
it was all my fault.

I don't know
what to do.

Danny, please help me.

I never wanted
him to be deaf.

I never wanted him
to look funny
and sound funny.

Well...

Jenny, it tears me in half.

I can't stand being here
and I can't stand
not being here.

It's no big deal.
It's the way I feel.

I guess
I'm like Jonah.

I don't have
any words to say
what I want to say.

(ENGINE STARTS)

It takes time,
Mrs. Corelli.

We don't have
any shortcuts.

How much time?

Jonah's life
isn't gonna stop
and wait for him

to learn to speak.

Repetition is the key.
You keep saying that,

but Jonah's like
an animal in a cage!

He might as well
be in the zoo.

He's in a cage,
Mrs. Corelli.
I didn't put him there.

I'm trying to help
him get out of it.

But he's not
getting out of it!

It takes time.
And what will
he be like then?

What will he be like
when he gets
out of that cage?

Like you and me.
No, he won't.
He's not like you and me.

He'll never
be like you and me!

He'll be as much
like you and me
as we can make him.

He'll be as much
like you and me
as a parrot is.

Oh, Mrs. Corelli,
you're not being...

Tell me about
the children who fail.

You said sometimes
children fail.

What happens to them?

Tell me!

They remain deaf,
Mrs. Corelli.

Hi.

My name is
Jenny Corelli.

Could we talk
for a minute?

Deaf. We can't hear.

Yes, l know!

My son is deaf.

I saw you in
speech therapy upstairs.

Um...

My son goes to
speech therapy.

My son...
Speech therapy.

(MOUTHING)

Could we
talk together?

Maybe we could
have lunch?

Get...

No. Oh, damn.

I'm sorry.
Um...

Write.

Oh.

You want to
meet deaf, deaf...

Pardon me?

You want to meet deaf...

I'm sorry,
I don't understand.

Would you like
to meet some
deaf people?

Yes. I would like
to meet some deaf people.

You can come
to our club
for the deaf.

A club for the deaf?

Yes. Deaf people
like to associate
with each other.

So we have the club.

Would you like to come?

Sure! If it would
be all right.

Yes, you can meet
many different people.

We're not all the same.

Thin, fat, big, little,

smart, not so smart. Okay?

Thanks.

I'm nervous.
You sure you want
to do this?

No.

This is 356.
Let's go in.

Listen, we passed
a movie back there.

Do you want to
go see Star Wars?

I saw it.

Do you want to
go see it again?

Come on,
we've come this far.
Take a deep breath.

What do you think
it will be like in there?

Quiet.
(BOTH LAUGHING)

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

(INAUDIBLE)

Hi.

Hi, Janice. Hi, Paul.

This is my friend, Connie.

Connie?
Yes!

Hi. Hi,
how are you?

JANICE: I brought a friend
to interpret for us.

JENNY: What?
She brought me
to interpret for you.

Hi, I'm Kate.

Hi, Kate. I'm Jenny.
This is Connie.

Hi.
Hi.

Is it too loud
for you in here?

A little.

Sorry, can't hear.

Paul thinks that you
must be wondering
about the music.

That you won't believe
everybody here is deaf.

Well, we did think
it was going to be quiet.

Well, you know,
many deaf people
have some hearing

and those who don't
can still feel vibrations.

Oh.

Want a drink?
Oh, yes, thank you.

I'll have
a ginger ale.

A ginger ale?

Uh, that's okay.
I'll have a beer.

Now you know
how it feels
to be a deaf person.

Have to settle
for something
you don't want

just 'cause no one
understands you.

She wants
a ginger ale.

A beer.

Want to sit down?
Oh, yes, thanks.

Shall we sit here?

Okay, um, excuse us.

Janice, you speak
really well.

Oh, thank you.

Paul is born deaf.

That's why it's a lot
harder to learn
how to speak

when you're born deaf.

And Janice became deaf
at the age of...

Seven.
KATE: Seven.

So she already
knew how to speak.

That's why
it's a lot easier
to understand her.

JENNY: Ah, thank you, Paul.

Woody, this is
Jenny and Connie.

Hi.
This is Woody.

Hi, Woody.

KATE: He's saying
you have deaf children.

Uh, have you taught
your children sign language,

he wants to know.

Oh, no.
It's a big controversy,
I guess.

All the hearing people
think it's
a big controversy.

But we deaf, no.

Want to learn
some sign?

Um, okay. Yeah.

Oh, he's going to
teach you animals.

'Cause that's the
first thing he learned
when he was a kid.

Now, you have to
guess what they are.

(CHUCKLES)

A dog?
A rabbit?

A rabbit? I'm right.
Rabbit. Right.

That's a turtle!

KATE: Easy.

Now, watch his face.

Condor? What is that?

What does it feel like?

A snake!

That's right.

(ALL LAUGHING)

You want to teach
them some sign?

How.
How.

Why.
Why.

BOTH: Why.

KATE: What.

BOTH: What.

Oh, happy.

Sad.
Sad.

Funny.
Funny.

(LAUGHING)

KATE: How are you?

How are you?
How...

Fine!
Fine.

KATE: Lousy.

Oh, lousy.

That's fun!

Were you afraid
when you came tonight?

A little.

When I was
a little girl

I used to wonder

why people are afraid
of deaf people.

It made me very angry.

When I was older,
I was sitting
on a bus, once,

and a blind man
got on the bus.

He came with a cane,
down the aisle,

tapping on the floor.
And he got
very close to me,

and I was thinking,

"Don't sit down next to me.
Don't sit down next to me."

And then he came
right up next to me

and he turned around
and he sat down
in the seat beside me.

I started to cry.

And I sat there
crying and I thought,

"I'm afraid.
That's why people
are afraid of me."

And so I knew,

and I made up my mind
not to be angry
at people anymore.

If they were
afraid of me,

I would try
to make them
feel not afraid.

Well, at least we know
deaf kids grow up.

Yeah.

I want Jonah
to learn sign language.

I want to learn
sign language.

I hate to lose
a child to deafness,
Mrs. Corelli,

but maybe you're right.

You asked about
children who fail.

Oh, I don't think
it's Jonah who's failed.

I think
I've failed him.

How do you mean?

It's funny,

all this time
I've been pretending
he wasn't deaf.

Pretending?

Pretending that
he could be just like
everyone else.

Just like you and me,
I think you said.

We teach him to talk,
we teach him to read lips,

and if he could learn
to do that, then he
wouldn't be deaf anymore.

Well, many children
learn to do those things.

Perhaps if we'd had
Jonah earlier.

But we didn't!
We have him now,

and I think we're trying
to make him into
something that he's not.

We've been trying
to help him live
in the world as it is,

where people speak
to each other and
listen to each other.

Oh, if we can do this
for a child we've given
him a great gift.

If a child
cannot learn to do it,

there's plenty of time
for him to be deaf.

That's just it.
He is deaf.

There's no virtue in that,
Mrs. Corelli.

And there's no point
in pretending
he's hearing, either.

It's still a hearing world.

Yes, it is.

I guess it's up
to those of us
who love Jonah

to help him live
in it deaf.

Mrs. Corelli.

I won't allow Jonah
to use signs while he's in
our classes.

Do you think
it's contagious?

When I was a young woman,
just beginning to teach,

children who signed
had their hands tied.

I've seen Jonah
with his hands tied.

I won't allow signing.

And I've got to
choose what's best
for Jonah.

(MOUTHING)

(BELL RINGS)

What? Oh.
Table.

What's that?
Boy. Boy.

Boy.

A girl.
Girl.

(INAUDIBLE)

Oh, Jonah.

I love you!

I love you!

Clock.

(QUACKING)

What have you got?
Oh, look,
it's a turtle!

What does that mean?

Dead. The turtle's dead.

It's dead.

Dah?

Hi, Grandma.
Hi.

Will you keep
an eye on
these two for me?

I need to run
and get some things.

Sure, go ahead.

JONAH: Hah-ahm.

What?

Oh.

Hmm?

JONAH: Dah?

Turtle.

Dah?

Dead, yes.

Oh.

Show me dead.

Dead.

How do you say
I love you?

Jonah knows it, too.

Hi, Mrs. Corelli.
Hi.

You want to see
the principal?

Mr. Barkley's
in the cafeteria.

It's the door
over on your right.

You can meet him
in there if you like.
Thank you.

Thank you.
Okay.

Welcome.
Come on, Jonah.

Oh, are you finished?

Um, Anthony...

Oh, Anthony
hasn't read it yet.

Okay. Did you make
friends with Spider-Man?

Yes!

Are you hungry?
No.

You sure?
Yes.

Are you nervous?

No.
A little bit?

Little bit.

(INDISTINCT)

Hello. How you doing?
Hi. Great.

Good to see you!
This is Jonah!
Hi. Yeah, you too.

What, Caroline?
What do you want?

What's his name?
Why don't you
ask him yourself?

What is your name?

(INDISTINCT) J-O-N-A-H.

My name is

Jonah!

Jonah.