The secret life of words

The Resource The secret life of words
Label
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
Runtime
116
Series statement
Focus Features spotlight series
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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