The Secret Life of Words

Name: The Secret Life of Words
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2005-10-21
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara, Danny Cunningham

IMDb ID: tt0430576 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 7.4 (13,410 votes)

Genres: Drama · Romance

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.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: The Secret Life of Words
Canada: The Secret Life of Words (English)
France: The Secret Life of Words
United Kingdom: The Secret Life of Words
Ireland: The Secret Life of Words (English)
India: The Secret Life of Words (English)
New Zealand: The Secret Life of Words (English)
United States: The Secret Life of Words
World-wide: The Secret Life of Words (English)
South Africa: The Secret Life of Words (English)
Argentina: La vida secreta de las palabras
Spain: La vida secreta de las palabras
Uruguay: La vida secreta de las palabras
World-wide: La vida secreta de las palabras (Spanish)
Brazil: A Vida Secreta das Palavras
Portugal: A Vida Secreta das Palavras
Hungary: A szavak titkos élete
Vietnam: Cuôc Sông Bí Ân Cua Ngôn Tu
Germany: Das geheime Leben der Worte
Spain: La vida secreta de les paraules (Catalan)
Canada: La vie secrète des mots (French)
Italy: La vita segreta delle parole
Lithuania: Paslaptingas žodžių gyvenimas
Finland: Sanojen salaisuus
Norway: Språkets hemmelige liv
Romania: Viața secretă a cuvintelor
Poland: Życie ukryte w słowach
Greece: Η μυστική ζωή των λέξεων
Russia: Тайная жизнь слов
Japan: あなたになら言える秘密のこと (Japanese)
La vida secreta de las palabrasContent RatingNot RatedRelease Date2005-10-21Runtime115 minutesMetascore68IMDb Popularity0User Reviews59Critic Reviews65Countries / RegionsSpain
IrelandLanguagesEnglish
DanishKeywordsoil rig
burn victim
haunted by the past
trauma
lonelinessFilming LocationsBilbao, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, SpainProduction CompaniesEl Deseo
Hotshot Films
MediaproOfficial SitesMongrel Media (Canada) - http://mongrelmedia.com/films/SecretLife.html
Official site (Spain) - http://www.lavidasecretadelaspalabras.comIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430576/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0430576.jpgUpdated At2025-05-18T02:21:09

Directors

Isabel Coixet

Writers

Isabel Coixet

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Sarah Polley | Character: Hanna
Actor: Tim Robbins | Character: Josef
Actor: Sverre Anker Ousdal | Character: Dimitri
Actor: Javier Cámara | Character: Simon
Actor: Danny Cunningham | Character: Scott
Actor: Dean Lennox Kelly | Character: Liam
Actor: Daniel Mays | Character: Martin
Actor: Emmanuel Idowu | Character: Abdul
Actor: Eddie Marsan | Character: Victor
Actor: Steven Mackintosh | Character: Doctor Sulitzer
Actor: Julie Christie | Character: Inge
Actor: Reg Wilson | Character: Factory Manager
Actor: Leonor Watling | Character: Josef's Friend's Wife
Actor: Daphne Brown | Character: Old Lady on Bus
Actor: Muriel Hobson | Character: Old Lady on Bus
Actor: Joshua Miligan | Character: Child
Actor: Sheelagh Smith | Character: Child
Actor: Nina Marléne | Character: Actress
Actor: Peter Wight | Character: Dullman

[Directors Group]
Name: Isabel Coixet | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Isabel Coixet | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Agustín Almodóvar | Role: Producer
Name: Pedro Almodóvar | Role: Producer
Name: Brendan J. Byrne | Role: Producer
Name: Isabel Coixet | Role: Producer
Name: Mauricio Díez | Role: Producer
Name: Esther García | Role: Producer
Name: Colin McKeown | Role: Producer
Name: Javier Méndez | Role: Producer
Name: Jaume Roures | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Jean-Claude Larrieu | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Irene Blecua | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Shaheen Baig | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Pierre-François Limbosch | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Tatiana Hernández | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Ainhoa Eskisabel | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ana López-Puigcerver | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ana Urosa | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Nicolás Tapia | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Víctor Cuadrado | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Darren Fee | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Laia Piñol | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jesús Salcedo | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Andrew Tohill | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Dani Torres | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Fernando Trullols | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Alicia Arias | Role: Art Department
Name: Stephen Aspley | Role: Art Department
Name: Jim Barr | Role: Art Department
Name: Adam Copper | Role: Art Department
Name: Bev Craig | Role: Art Department
Name: Cole Doherty | Role: Art Department
Name: Aude-Line Duliere | Role: Art Department
Name: Jorge Fernández de Soto | Role: Art Department
Name: Serafín González | Role: Art Department
Name: Victoria Gómez | Role: Art Department
Name: Shane Laverty | Role: Art Department
Name: Sean McKeown | Role: Art Department
Name: Laura Musso | Role: Art Department
Name: Ivan Nesbitt | Role: Art Department
Name: Nigel Pollock | Role: Art Department
Name: Sean Scott | Role: Art Department
Name: Paul Stewart | Role: Art Department
Name: Liam Taylor | Role: Art Department
Name: Ricard Zaplana | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Aitor Berenguer | Role: Sound Department
Name: Juan Dibarboure | Role: Sound Department
Name: Patrick Ghislain | Role: Sound Department
Name: Detlef Halaski | Role: Sound Department
Name: Simon Kerr | Role: Sound Department
Name: Julien Martin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Julien Naudin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Fabiola Ordoyo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jaume Puig | Role: Sound Department
Name: Deke Thompson | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Álvarez | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Félix Bergés | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Montse Capdevila | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Gonzalo Carrión | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Nacho Cepero | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Carlos Cervera | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Eduardo Díaz | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Juantxo Fernández | Role: Visual Effects
Name: David Flores de Vargas | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Carmen García Sánchez | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Roberto Girón | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Juanjo González | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Tomás González | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ñaña González | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pablo Hernández-Meléndez | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Juancar Irarrazabal | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Javier Jiménez | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Joaquín Jordán | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Javier Luján | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Edu Mateos | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Oceano Mateos | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Inma Nadela | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Guillermo Orbe | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ferran Piquer | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pablo Polo | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Johnny Raphael | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Thorsten Rienth | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rubén Rivas | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Yela Román | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rafa Solorzano | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rocío Soriano Martín | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Carlos Trijueque | Role: Visual Effects
Name: José Miguel Zapata | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Alberto Arnal | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Miguel Ángel Bardavio | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Saturnino Beltrán | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Raymond Carlin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Isabel Coixet | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Noah Eli Davis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jesús Fernández Santa | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kiko Garcia | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Juan Manuel García | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Emile Girao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Juan Carlos Gorriz | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Emilio Guirao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Glynn Harrison | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Isaías Ibáñez | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Conor Kelly | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brian Livingstone | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Steven Livingstone | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Sergio Mantecón | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brett McCrum | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Carlo McDonnell | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Enrique Pérez | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: José Manuel Reboul | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Laura Sanchez-Vizcaino | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Ana Sanz | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Laura Agustín | Role: Costume Department
Name: Donna Hughes | Role: Costume Department
Name: Genoveva Leco | Role: Costume Department
Name: Roberto Marchetti | Role: Costume Department
Name: Raimundo Rudilla | Role: Costume Department
Name: Susan Scott | Role: Costume Department
Name: Rachael Webb-Crozier | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Felisa Catalinas | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Noémie Dulau | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Florencia Handler | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Pilar Rodriguez | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Óscar Romero | Role: Editorial Department
Name: María Jesús Sánchez | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Georgia Wyss | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Chema Alba | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Luis Escalada | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Pablo Polo | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Aaron Gray | Role: Location Management
Name: Paddy McCarney | Role: Location Management
Name: Wally Mount | Role: Location Management
Name: Nick Walker | Role: Location Management
Name: Andrew Wilson | Role: Location Management
Name: Laura Livingstone | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Isabel Coixet | Role: Music Department
Name: Lourdes Hernández | Role: Music Department
Name: Radoka Rapaic | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Miguel Campion | Role: Production Department
Name: Michael Canning | Role: Production Department
Name: Adela Donamaría | Role: Production Department
Name: Diego Farias | Role: Production Department
Name: Concha Fontenla | Role: Production Department
Name: Ascen Marchena | Role: Production Department
Name: Joseph McAuley | Role: Production Department
Name: Marisa Mohedano | Role: Production Department
Name: Yuriria Montero | Role: Production Department
Name: Rafael Pajares | Role: Production Department
Name: Juanlo Prada Garrudo | Role: Production Department
Name: Covadonga R. Gamboa | Role: Production Department
Name: Michelle Walsh | Role: Production Department
Name: Camille Watson | Role: Production Department
Name: Aislinn Whyte | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Yuyi Beringola | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Ian Lewis | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Roy McManus | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Samanta Biurrun | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bridgeen Bradley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brian Breathnach | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shane Bunting | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stephen Darragh | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Patrick Duncan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lola García | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Javier Giner | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Beatriz Gordo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Clem Leneghan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Simon MacDermott | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sarah Louise Maskey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pilar Ordovás | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Diego Pajuelo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Montse Palacin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Deborah Palomo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bárbara Peiró | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Radoka Rapaic | Role: Additional Crew
Name: David Rocher | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Javier Ruiz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: María Paz Sancho | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Silvia Sancho | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rosa María Serrano | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Óscar Valero | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Leonor Watling | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Arancha Yusti | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: John Berger | Role: Thanks
Name: Inge Genefke | Role: Thanks

Trailers

Trailer | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3695297305/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi3695297305/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1647381239564.mp4?Expires=1788430258&Signature=HtGkyczyd9cBxX6RvY~B99oE0RrKzOdjjgJyoL0h07jRj1dKhMe3StGiZdd-veNgBVVgyXpJoKR4rLhnoZlmHUnVEa4qtCeVdEVCK8ldrZB2da4MbxsKN7yan4VG7TXPNSBkbHGJHb6Dw7VzZ8D4ikyG6mE1UCry1DhJ4d-Y~YOwT4PqmzNPi2ds19qtVXSWT8kdhCLKH3O0vY6vVXy0yGu8GPh4THfLlZ-sYvlVg~qwe~Lq2n~ADjmO34vRqKG~ECM9wC9dN5UlKZM5xZfBgo02ws6UOT~wIt-stT8Gcn1E-jOhZQD6~hq47tbCP6IMwrhd7VSyX47yZX5P8NGJ9Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

Italy: September 1, 2005 (Venice Film Festival)
Spain: October 21, 2005
France: March 12, 2006 (International Women's Film Festival of Creteil)
Italy: March 17, 2006
United Kingdom: March 23, 2006 (Belfast Film Festival)
Hungary: March 23, 2006
France: March 24, 2006 (Mamers en Mars Film Festival)
Netherlands: April 6, 2006
France: April 19, 2006
Germany: April 27, 2006
Austria: April 28, 2006
Belgium: May 3, 2006
Poland: May 10, 2006 (European Film Festival)
Greece: June 8, 2006 (limited)
Portugal: June 29, 2006
Poland: August 25, 2006
Uruguay: September 15, 2006
Israel: September 28, 2006
Iceland: October 1, 2006 (Reykjavik International Film Festival)
Japan: October 22, 2006 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Argentina: December 7, 2006
United States: December 15, 2006 (New York City, New York)
United States: December 22, 2006 (Los Angeles, California)
Mexico: January 5, 2007 (limited)
Denmark: January 26, 2007
Sweden: January 26, 2007 (Göteborg International Film Festival)
Japan: February 10, 2007
Ireland: February 22, 2007 (Dublin Film Festival)
Norway: March 23, 2007
Brazil: June 15, 2007
New Zealand: July 13, 2007 (Auckland International Film Festival)
Sweden: August 5, 2007 (Lilla Filmfestivalen i Båstad)
Philippines: August 8, 2007 (Cinemanila International Film Festival)
Sweden: August 17, 2007
Finland: August 25, 2007 (Espoo Film Festival)
Greece: November 19, 2007 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Australia: June 11, 2008 (DVD premiere)
Vietnam: May 19, 2009 (European Film Festival in Vietnam)
Greece: November 19, 2011 (Greek Film Archive)
Netherlands: September 16, 2013 (Film by the Sea Film Festival)
Portugal: October 15, 2021 (FEST - New Directors, New Films Festival)

Awards

Box Office