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| Learning Difficulties (Mental Retardation): Major Films 
| Title | Nell (1994) | | Alternative/Original Title | | | Disability | General Stroke Mental Autism Learning difficulty | | Country | USA | | Length | 114 | | Genre | Drama | | Rating | 4 | | Director | Micheal Apted
| | Cast | Jodie Foster Liam Neeson Natasha Richardson
| | Notes | Set in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains contrasted with urban ugliness. Jodie Foster is a young woman who has been brought up by her mother who had suffered a stroke in the deep backwoods. She is found by a doctor (Liam Neeson) after her mother has died but she is unable to speak except in a language known only to her mother. The doctor becomes her teacher, she becomes our teacher for this is another film in which those with learning difficulties/autism are associated with the natural, a life we have lost, and what might be good for us. A worthy film, worthy performances, Foster headed for an Oscar even if some might see the bones beneath the skin. See also the review at The Women's Studies Database: http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/FilmReviews/nell-mcalister
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