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The Secret Life of Words
2005
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Every rating
66–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Details
- Director
- Isabel Coixet
- Writer
- Isabel Coixet
- Studio
- Hotshot Films, El Deseo, Mediapro, TVE
- Released
- 15 December 2005
- Country
- Ireland, Spain
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Awards & nominations
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| 19th European Film Awards 2006 | Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Nominee |
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19th European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Sarah Polley | Nominee |