The Secret Life of Words (2005) (original) (raw)
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Original title
La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words)
Year
2005
Running time
120 min.
Country
Spain
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Various
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Drama. Romance | Psychological Drama. Disease/illness. Disability. Blindness
Synopsis
An isolated spot in the middle of the sea. An oil rig, where all the workers are men, on which there has been an accident. A solitary, mysterious woman who is trying to forget her past (Sarah Polley) is brought to the rig to look after a man (Tim Robbins) who has been temporarily blinded. A strange intimacy develops between them, a link full of secrets, truths, lies, humour and pain, from which neither of them will emerge unscathed and which will change their lives forever. A film about the weight of the past. About the sudden silence that is produced before a storm. About twenty-five million waves, a Spanish cook (Javier Cámara) and a goose. And, above all else, about the power of love even in the most terrible circumstances.
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Awards
2005: 4 Goya Awards: Best Movie, Director, Original Screenplay, Art direction
2005: Forqué Awards: Best Film
2006: Ariel Awards: Best Latin-American Film
2006: European Film Awards (EFA): nominated to Best Actress.
2006: Forqué Awards: Best Film (Live-Action or Animation).
2006: CEC Medals: 4 awards. 8 nominations
Critics' reviews
- "Carries an important and timely reminder about the fate of torture victims, so deftly wrapped within a touching and beautifully acted melodrama that the result is the furthest thing from a didactic message movie."
- "A tantalizing and beautiful picture made with tremendous integrity, and anchored by two marvelous performances, Isabel Coixet's The Secret Life of Words still, somehow, doesn't quite work."
- "Given the physical limitations of their characters, Polley and Robbins give remarkably compelling performances"
- "The claustrophobic and artificial atmosphere of the setting is unfortunately matched by the equally artificial drama."
- "A compellingly claustrophobic drama set mostly aboard an oil rig."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 26 My Top 10 Movies from 2005 (128)
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