The Sign for Love

Deaf Israeli filmmaker Elad Cohen shares his struggles of becoming a new father and reconnecting with the family who never accepted his deafness.

"Cohen has felt guilty about being deaf since childhood, when his mother told him “raising you is like raising three kids”. After his mother’s tragic death, the divide between Cohen and his family only widens. Craving the stability of a family of his own, he decides to have a baby with his Deaf best friend Yeali. But both are unprepared for the shock of being new parents, and living arrangements become complicated. It’s not until his son’s first birthday that Elad is able to reconnect with his father and sister." (Sydney Film Festival)

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