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The Resource The secret life of words, Focus Features ; El Deseo ; Mediapro ; in association with TVE ... [and others] ; Agustín and Pédro Almodóvar present an Isabel Coixet film ; producer, Esther Garcí́a ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet

The secret life of words, Focus Features ; El Deseo ; Mediapro ; in association with TVE ... [and others] ; Agustín and Pédro Almodóvar present an Isabel Coixet film ; producer, Esther Garcí́a ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet

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Summary
Hannah, a recluse who wears a hearing aid, is forced by her employer to take a vacation. On holiday she finds a job on an oil rig caring for Josef, a burn victim who has temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2005
Instance
Label
The secret life of words
Title
The secret life of words
Statement of responsibility
Focus Features ; El Deseo ; Mediapro ; in association with TVE ... [and others] ; Agustín and Pédro Almodóvar present an Isabel Coixet film ; producer, Esther Garcí́a ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet
Title variation
Vida secreta de las palabras
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Hannah, a recluse who wears a hearing aid, is forced by her employer to take a vacation. On holiday she finds a job on an oil rig caring for Josef, a burn victim who has temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence
Member of
Awards note
  • Venice Film Festival, 2005: Lina Mangiacapre Award (Isabel Coixet)
  • Goya Awards, 2006: Best Director (Isabel Coixet) ; Best Film ; Best Production Supervision (Esther García) ; Best Screenplay - Original (Isabel Coixet)
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu ; editor, Irene Blecua ; costume designer, Tatiana Hernández ; production designer, Pierre-François Limbosch
Language note
In English, with optional French or Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Steve Mackintosh, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays, Dean Lennox Kelly, Danny Cunningham, Emmanuel Idowu, Reg Wilson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1956-
  • 1958-
  • 1944-
  • 1941-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Coixet, Isabel
  • García, Esther
  • Almodóvar, Agustin
  • Almodóvar, Pedro
  • Polley, Sarah
  • Robbins, Tim
  • Cámara, Javier
  • Ousdal, Sverre Anker
  • Mackintosh, Steven
  • Marsan, Eddie
  • Christie, Julie
  • Mays, Daniel
  • Kelly, Dean Lennox
  • Cunningham, Danny
  • Idowu, Emmanuel
  • Wilson, Reg
  • Focus Features
  • Deseo, S.A
  • Mediapro
  • Televisión Española
  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
116
Series statement
Focus Features spotlight series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • People with disabilities
  • Burns and scalds
  • Oil well drilling rigs
  • Helping behavior
  • Man-woman relationships
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The secret life of words, Focus Features ; El Deseo ; Mediapro ; in association with TVE ... [and others] ; Agustín and Pédro Almodóvar present an Isabel Coixet film ; producer, Esther Garcí́a ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2005
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
84746254
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
Other control number
025195002813
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
62100342
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD ; Region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; dual layer; DVD-9 ; single-sided
Terms governing use
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The secret life of words, Focus Features ; El Deseo ; Mediapro ; in association with TVE ... [and others] ; Agustín and Pédro Almodóvar present an Isabel Coixet film ; producer, Esther Garcí́a ; written and directed by Isabel Coixet
Publication
Note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2005
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
84746254
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
Other control number
025195002813
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
62100342
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD ; Region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; dual layer; DVD-9 ; single-sided
Terms governing use
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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