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Overview

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7.5/10   4,779 votes
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Writer:
Isabel Coixet (writer)
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Release Date:
21 October 2005 (Spain) more
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Plot:
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns. full summary | full synopsis
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22 wins & 14 nominations more
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Secret's Poetry more (44 total)

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Also Known As:
The Secret Life of Words (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
La vida secreta de las palabras (Spain)
La vida secreta de les paraules (Spain: Catalan title)
La vida secreta de las palabras (Argentina) (International: Spanish title) [es]
A Vida Secreta das Palavras (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
A szavak titkos élete (Hungary) [hu]
Das geheime Leben der Worte (Germany) [de]
I mystiki zoi ton lexeon (Greece) [el]
La vita segreta delle parole (Italy) [it]
The Secret Life of Words (France) [fr]
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115 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The story about a nurse named Cora that Josef tells to Hanna is a short-story named "La seņorita Cora" by argentinean writer Julio Cortázar from his book "Todos los fuegos el fuego". more
Goofs:
Plot holes: If an employee requires medical treatment on an off-shore installation he would immediately be evacuated off. more
Quotes:
Simon: Hanna?
Hanna: What?
Simon: Nothing.
Simon: Hanna?
Hanna: What?
Simon: Nothing.
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FAQ

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71 out of 85 people found the following comment useful.
Secret's Poetry, 23 October 2005
9/10
Author: efewebber from www.efeweb.es

I went to see this last Isabel Coixet's movie three hours ago and its beautiful and powerful story is still bouncing in my head... the sea, Tim Robbin's eyes, Hanna's beautiful voice and her intense way of holding her feelings, Simon's delightful food in the middle of nowhere..

The way it is conceived is somehow simple, a mysterious woman, in my opinion extremely well resolved by Sarah Polley, happens to arrive to a remote place where a bunch of loners have just had a deep dramatic experience. As explicitly mentioned in the movie, 'God makes them..' ('Dios los cria'.., in Spanish), and so as she gets there she expands and relaxes in this environment where no one really expects anything from anybody.

The takes are so beautiful, the thousand different feelings that the same isolated landscape in the middle of the sea projects through the movie is unbeatable. The cast of characters is solid, and the supporting characters are developed enough so as to allow the viewer to understand, in basic terms, what brought them there.

Finally, the use of Tom Waits for the final transition is sublime! but, yeah, how could it not be? Tom Waits's music is the music for these films where the very deep of the heart is at stake.

So, yes, I do recommend this movie for anyone who cares or wants to care or would like to be able to care about people who have been profoundly wounded at some point. And this, I am afraid, hopefully includes you. Thanks Isabel.

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