"Sarah Polley gives a wonderfully searching performance, as a woman in a state of extreme isolation, in "The Secret Life of Words," a compellingly claustrophobic drama set mostly aboard an oil rig. This film tackles its big theme -- silence as a defense against tragedy -- with delicacy, sympathy and originality, sans sentimentality." Jonathan Holland This film grabbed me and cut to my core. Immediately this young woman played by Sarah Polley spoke to me. This is an actress who can display with a... more info
secret human sufferings Hanna is a young nurse from the old Yugoslavia. She was raped during that war while a friend was murdered by irregular soldiers.
So, almost annihilated by these terrible experiences, now she works in a factory montage chain, supposedly in Britain or Holland.
Furthermore, Hanna, under a strong depression, never takes a holiday, as his repetive task, being mostly brutishing, serves to her as a lenitive drug. But holidays are compulsory; his supervisor is pressed by the worker's syndicate and she... more info
Beautiful, Powerful, Subtle, Brilliant: A Luminous Account of the Workings of the Human Soul I saw The Secret Life of Words on Saturday 23rd September 2006 as part of the Copenhagen International Film Festival. This is a truly amazing film. It is a film that covers many topics and emotions, not least the power of empathy: that mysterious ability we humans have to feel another person's pain as if it were our own. This deeply moving drama tells the story of one woman's struggle to cope with her past. It is about the power of words and about how words can become lost in a limbo of silence.more info
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