Sign (2016) silent film

'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf. "Sign" took me by surprise: I expected something corny, littered with stereotypes or banal prejudice. Instead, what I got was a story that compressed into a breathtaking short movie what the usual romantic films need at least 90 mins to accomplish. It's a love story that starts in an unassuming encounter that's defined by the sign language the two men need to communicate. The passion evolves into something so profound that the other one decides to learn sign language in order to create a bond without communication barriers.