
Get On Up
2014


“The Greatest Emotional Drama yet brought to the screen...”
33 votes
London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.
Director
Alexander MackendrickWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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When they realise that their daughter “Mandy” (Mandy Miller) isn’t so responsive to sound, they take her to a physician who tells them that she is profoundly deaf, and will most likely never be able to learn to speak either. Parents “Christine” (Phyllis Calvert) and “Harry” (Terence Morgan) are determined to keep her with their family, so move into his parents large home in a still largely bombed out area of London. Her early years pose less of a problem for her caring family, but as she gets older and begins to become frustrated with her inability to react to the outside world and her playful…
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