Sign Gene

Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes
Teaser poster
Directed byEmilio Insolera
Written byEmilio Insolera
Produced by
  • Emilio Insolera
  • Ben Bahan
  • Dirksen Bauman
  • Alberto Abruzzese
Starring
Production
company
Pluin Productions
Release dates
  • September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08) (Milan)
  • September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14) (Italy)
  • April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) (US)
  • September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14) (Japan)
Running time
70 minutes
Countries
Languages
Budget€25,000[3]

Sign Gene: The First Deaf Superheroes is a 2017 superhero film written, produced, directed and starred by Emilio Insolera. The story revolves around a deaf agent, Tom Clerc (played by Insolera), from New York City who is a carrier of a powerful genetic mutation. He is sent to Japan with his colleague, Ken Wong, to investigate crimes believed to have been committed by Japanese deaf mutants.[4] The film's characters, both villains and agents, use sign language as their superhuman powers. The film also stars Carola Insolera, Ben Bahan, Hiroshi Vava, Humberto Insolera and Noboru Kuragawa.

The film makes several references to deaf history, culture, and sign language linguistics. Six languages are spoken and signed in the film: English, Japanese, Italian, American Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language and Italian Sign Language.

  1. ^ a b "制作進むろう者の国際共同制作映画 「Sign Gene」｜ろうを生きる難聴を生きる".
  2. ^ a b "番組詳細 ＮＨＫ教育３・佐賀 ろうを生きる 難聴を生きる「進むろう者の映画国際共同制作」＜字幕スーパー＞ （2009/08/16 19:30 ～ 2009/08/16 19:45）".
  3. ^ "Sign Gene". 1 January 2000 – via IMDb.
  4. ^ Backstage (5 May 2009). "'Sign Gene' Emilio Insolera Interview" – via YouTube.