The secret life of words
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Burns and scalds -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Helping behavior -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Melodramas (Drama)
Oil well drilling rigs -- Drama.
People with disabilities -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Espíritu de servicio -- Teatro.
Impedimentos -- Teatro.

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Published
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025195002813

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Jean-Claude Larrieu ; editor, Irene Blecua ; costume designer, Tatiana Hernádez ; production designer, Pierre-Françoic Limbosch.
Participants/Performers
Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Marsan, Julie Christie, Daniel Mays, Dean Lennox Kelly, Danny Cunningham, Emmanuel Idowu, Reg Wilson.
Description
Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she finds a job caring for Josef. Josef is a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight. Hannah's job is to care for Josef until he is 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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, single-sided.
Language
English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
Venice Film Festival, 2005: Lina Mangiacapre Award (Isabel Coixet).
Awards
Goya Awards, 2006: Best Director (Isabel Coixet) ; Best Film ; Best Production Supervision (Esther García) ; Best Screenplay - Original (Isabel Coixet).
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

García, E., Coixet, I., Polley, S., Robbins, T., Cámara, J., Ousdal, S. A., Mackintosh, S., Marsan, E., Christie, J., Mays, D., Kelly, D. L., Cunningham, D., Idowu, E., & Wilson, R. (2007). The secret life of words . Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Esther García et al.. 2007. The Secret Life of Words. Universal City, Calif.: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Esther García et al.. The Secret Life of Words Universal City, Calif.: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2007.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

García, E., Coixet, I., Polley, S., Robbins, T., Cámara, J., Ousdal, S. A. and Mackintosh, S. et al (2007). The secret life of words. Universal City, Calif.: Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

García, Esther, et al. The Secret Life of Words Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2007.

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