The Secret Life of Words
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Isabel Coixet
Sarah Polley
Eddie Marsan
Reg Wilson
Steven Mackintosh
Tim Robbins
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Hanna, a solitary and mysterious young woman, works in a factory somewhere in Europe. She speaks to no one, eats the same thing for every meal and wears a hearing aid that she turns off to protect herself from the world. Forced by her boss to take a vacation, she travels to Northern Ireland where, on a whim, she volunteers to be a nurse on an oil rig in the Irish Sea to tend to Josef who has been burned in a flash fire. The burns have left Josef temporarily blind but in flirtatious spirits and he is eager to discover who his enigmatic nurse truly is. As Hanna tends Josef's wounds, he attempts in vain to extract information about her all the while telling her about his own troubled past. Hannah even refuses to tell Josef her real name or the color of her hair. Yet, a strange intimacy gradually develops between them and when Josef is about to be transferred off the rig, Hanna knows they may never see each other again. She decides to divulge her darkest secret, a revelation from which neither will emerge unscathed and will change their lives forever.
Director
Isabel Coixet
Cast
Sarah Polley
Eddie Marsan
Reg Wilson
Steven Mackintosh
Tim Robbins
Emmanuel Idowu
Julie Christie
Javier Cámara
Daniel Mays
Danny Cunningham
Dean Lennox Kelly
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Leonor Watling
Crew
Agustin Almodovar
Shaheen Baig
Aitor Berenguer
Irene Blecua
Isabel Coixet
Esther Garcia
Patrick Ghislain
Tatiana Hernandez
Jean-claude Larrieu
Pierre-francois Limbosch
Javier Méndez
Fabiola Ordoyo
Jaume Roures
Miss Wasabi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 15, 2006
Released in United States December 22, 2006
Released in United States on Video May 8, 2007
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States January 2006
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons/Out of Competition) August 31-September 10, 2005.
Released in United States Winter December 15, 2006 (NY)
Released in United States December 22, 2006 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video May 8, 2007
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons/Out of Competition) August 31-September 10, 2005.)
Released in United States January 2006 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premiere) January 19-29, 2006.)
