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The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

20057.01h 55m

Overview

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

Directed by Isabel Coixet
Written by Isabel Coixet
Produced by Esther García, Isabel Coixet
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0M0

Top Cast

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Hanna

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Josef

Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara

Simon

Danny Cunningham

Danny Cunningham

Scott

Dean Lennox Kelly

Dean Lennox Kelly

Liam

Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

Martin

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Victor

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Dr. Sullitzer

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Inge

E

Emmanuel Idowu

Abdul

Themes & Keywords

factory workerdying and deathdepressionfactorynurseyugoslaviadubrovnikwar crimesloss of loved onetortureoil platformwoman directorhearing impaired

About The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words is a romance, drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of factory worker, dying and death, depression, factory, nurse, yugoslavia. Directed by Isabel Coixet, it stars Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara. A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

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