IMDb plot summary: When deaf mute Singer moves to a small city to be near his only friend confined in a hospital, he grows attached to his landlady's sensitive 16-year-old daughter.
Directed by Robert Elis Miller. Starring Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Percy Rodrigues, and Cicely Tyson.
Well, this is a heartbreaking film. Alan Arkin's performance is brilliant, in how without any words at all he still conveys so much about this character. Watching all the various characters look for happiness, which seems more and more elusive as the story goes on, held my attention the entire time. The ending is the only piece of this I didn't love -- it seems a little abrupt and eager to moralize in a movie that didn't have a lot of that up until that point -- but it's still a fascinating flick.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > Run Fatboy Run
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > Dangerous Liaisons
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter < Citizen Kane
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter < Rise of the Guardians
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter < The Florida Project
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > Hannah and Her Sisters
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > Father of the Bride (1991)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > Robot and Frank
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > The African Queen
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > The Graduate
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter > The Great Race
Final spot: #660 out of 3017.
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