The secret life of words [videorecording] / 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

Additional Titles: Also known as: Vida secreta de las palabras
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007]
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Coixet, Isabel, García, Esther, 1956-, Almodóvar, Agustin, Almodóvar, Pedro, Polley, Sarah, Robbins, Tim, 1958-, Cámara, Javier, Ousdal, Sverre Anker, 1944-, Mackintosh, Steven, Marsan, Eddie, Christie, Julie, 1941-, Mays, Daniel, Kelly, Dean Lennox, Cunningham, Danny, Idowu, Emmanuel, Wilson, Reg, Focus Features, Deseo, S.A., MediaPro, Televisión Española, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

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Series

Focus Features spotlight series

Language Note

In English, with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.

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.

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Audience Notes

Not rated.

Note

Description based on surrogate.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu ; editor, Irene Blecua ; costume designer, Tatiana Hernández ; production designer, Pierre-François Limbosch.

Participant/Performer Note

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.

Technical Details

DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround ; dual layer; DVD-9 ; single-sided.

Terms of Use and Reproduction

No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.

Awards

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).

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