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The Secret Life of Words
Drama, Romance - 2005
7.4
69%
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A touching story of a deaf girl who is sent to an oil rig to take care of a man who has been blinded in a terrible accident. The girl has a special ability to communicate with the men on board and especially with her patient as they share intimate moments together that will change their lives forever.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
15 Dec 2005
Country:
ES
Languages:
Spanish, English, French
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
25 wins & 15 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Like Ceylan -- like many a fine director -- Coixet has made her film less as a drama than as the traversal of a state of mind, a mood.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
15 Dec 2006
fresh:
Though I continue to have strong reservations about the stylistic abstractions in Ms. Coixet's narrative, the performances given by Ms. Polley, Mr. Robbins and Ms. Christie take me a long way in accepting and recommending the whole package.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
20 Dec 2006
fresh:
There may be no young actress today better at embodying a blend of wounded innocence and stoic pride than Sarah Polley. In The Secret Life of Words, she has a part worthy of her gifts.
– Lael Loewenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Dec 2006
rotten:
What pleasure there is to be wrung from the exceptionally banal The Secret Life of Words lies in the harsh, unforgiving beauty (lyrically shot by Jean-Claude Larrieu) and wonderfully strange social life of the isolated rig.
– Ella Taylor,
L.A. Weekly,
22 Dec 2006
rotten:
The claustrophobic and artificial atmosphere of the setting is unfortunately matched by the equally artificial drama.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
30 Dec 2006
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