The Coolidge Corner Theatre

Based on the classic novel, by Carson McCullers, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, features Alan Arkin in his award-winning performance as John Singer, a Deaf man who moves to a 1930's Georgia mill town to be close to his institutionalized friend who is deaf and mentally impaired. The film follows the struggles of Singer's acquaintances. A powerful, difficult and poignant chronicle of America's oppressed, Deaf Scholars have studied and challenged the portrayal of Singer in this literary classic. 1h45m