I think this movie was well acted. It highlights how the ML is “different” from everyone else, and how his fellow classmates kept their distance. You can almost feel the pain the ML experiences when he is shunned because of not being able to hear clearly. Then a ray of sunshine appears in his life. This “ray” doesn’t care about the ML’s disability, and only sees people as equals, no matter who they are. This starts a close relationship between the two. This is a very touching movie about a hearing disability, and how society reacts to it. Too much sympathy makes the ML feel weak, and too little sympathy makes him feel left out.