My review was written in February 1985 after watching the show on Embassy video cassette.
"The Sound of Love" is a well-made 1979 Australian tv movie about the romance of two young deaf people, notable for its absence of stereotypes and the genre's usual cliches. Now available in the U. S. on video cassette, pic will be of interest to filmgoers fortunate enough to see writer-director John Power's previous picture, the warmly nostalgic "The Picture Show Man" starring Rod Taylor.
Handsome Aussie leading man John Jarratt toplines here as Dave, a worker on racing cars who becomes deaf after an accident on the job (brought on by the noise pollution of his workplace). Crosscut with this story is that of a young deaf and mute girl Eileen (Celia De Burgh), who exists by stealing wallets from men who give her rides, augmenting her income as a freelance prostitute.
Power controls his material well, though the melodramatic payoff is too convenient, followed by a happy ending that is less ironic than intended.
Jarratt is solid and De Burgh has a tough-edged appeal in the vein of Susan Saint James. In support as Jarratt's car racing boss is a good turn by George Ogilvie, who has since donned a helmer's hat to co-direct (with George Miller) the current production of "The Road Warrior II".
"The Sound of Love" is a well-made 1979 Australian tv movie about the romance of two young deaf people, notable for its absence of stereotypes and the genre's usual cliches. Now available in the U. S. on video cassette, pic will be of interest to filmgoers fortunate enough to see writer-director John Power's previous picture, the warmly nostalgic "The Picture Show Man" starring Rod Taylor.
Handsome Aussie leading man John Jarratt toplines here as Dave, a worker on racing cars who becomes deaf after an accident on the job (brought on by the noise pollution of his workplace). Crosscut with this story is that of a young deaf and mute girl Eileen (Celia De Burgh), who exists by stealing wallets from men who give her rides, augmenting her income as a freelance prostitute.
Power controls his material well, though the melodramatic payoff is too convenient, followed by a happy ending that is less ironic than intended.
Jarratt is solid and De Burgh has a tough-edged appeal in the vein of Susan Saint James. In support as Jarratt's car racing boss is a good turn by George Ogilvie, who has since donned a helmer's hat to co-direct (with George Miller) the current production of "The Road Warrior II".