The Secret Life of Words (2006)

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NR | 1 hr 52 mins | Drama, Foreign | Released: 12/15/2006 |Box Office Total: $20023

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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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/15/2006

Director	Credit
Isabel Coixet	Director
Cast	Credit
Sarah Polley	Hanna
Tim Robbins	Josef
Julie Christie	Inge
Javier Cámara	Simon
Leonor Watling	Esposa del amigo de Josef
Reg Wilson	Manager
Emmanuel Idowu	Abdul
Danny Cunningham	Scott
Dean Lennox Kelly	Liam
Daniel Mays	Martin
Eddie Marsan	Victor
Steven MacKintosh	Dr Sulitzer
Sverre Anker Ousdal	Dimitri
Production Credits	Credit
Miss Wasabi	Associate Producer
Augustin Almodovar	Executive Producer
Esther Garcia	Producer
Javier Méndez	Associate Producer
Jaume Roures	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
El Deseo SA	Production Company
Mediapro	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Focus Features	Foreign Distribution Rights
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Strand Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sunrise Film Distribution	Foreign Distribution Rights
Locations
Belfast, Ireland
Madrid, Spain
Writer	Credit
Isabel Coixet	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Pierre-Francois Limbosch	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Shaheen Baig	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Jean-Claude Larrieu	Director of Photography
Sound	Credit
Aitor Berenguer	Sound
Patrick Ghislain	Rerecording Mixer
Fabiola Ordoyo	Sound Editor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Tatiana Hernandez	Costume Designer

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