The Secret Life of Words

Oct 21 2005 Not Rated 1h 55m
Drama, Romance

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

Plot

Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she manages to find a job: caring for Josef, a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight, until he's stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.

Written by

Isabel Coixet

Directed by

Isabel Coixet

Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

Hotshot Films

Languages

English, Français, Español

Awards

25 wins & 15 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
13,618
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA