The Secret life of words

Here's a film that thinks silence speaks louder than words, probably. A hearing-impaired nurse is assigned to care for a man temporarily blinded and burned in an industrial accident. It's a romance that might leave you quietly weeping, or quietly wondering what all the fuss was about.

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Isabel Coixet directed The Secret life of words in 2005. See Isabel Coixet's full filmography, where to start with Isabel Coixet, or where to go after you've seen everything by Isabel Coixet.

The Secret life of words was released in 2005 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.