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Format: DVD
Edition: -- Leading Role: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins
Rating: NR Director: Isabel Coixet
Release Date: May 08, 2007 Genre: Drama
UPC: 025195002813 Sub-Genre: --
Region: DVD: 1 (US, CA)
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS, written and directed by Isabel Coixet, follows Hanna (Sarah Polley), a factory worker who lives alone in a barren apartment, wears a hearing-aid, and keeps to herself with a rigorous daily routine of identical meals, a fresh bar of soap every day, and needlepoint work at night. While on an extended holiday in Northern Ireland, she volunteers as a nurse, tending to a burn victim Josef (Tim Robbins) stationed on an oil rig. While Hanna coaxes him back to health, Josef, who has suffered temporary blindness, reaches out to her urgently, wanting to connect. As his brutish and passionate demeanor contrasts sharply with Hanna's solemn and quiet manner, Hanna initially refuses to reveal anything about herself, even her real name. But she soon she starts to recognize parallels between her own isolation and that of the others on the oil rig. She eventually grows to care for Josef and shares with him a painfully severe secret from her past that opens wounds, and doors, for the two strangers from different worlds to come together and help heal one another.
With the shaky-camera technique, absence of a film score, and the backdrop of a lone oil rig, writer and director Coixet (who also wrote and directed Polley in the 2003 critically-acclaimed MY LIFE WITHOUT ME), emphasizes the vulnerability and seclusion of the characters. Robbins and Polley turn in compelling performances; and a strong supporting cast that includes Javier Camara (TALK TO HER) and Eddie Marsan (THE ILLUSIONIST).
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Good: description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab... Read moreabout the condition
Format: DVD
Edition: -- Leading Role: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins
Rating: NR Director: Isabel Coixet
Release Date: May 08, 2007 Genre: Drama
UPC: 025195002813 Sub-Genre: --
Region: DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Detailed item info
Movie Description
THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS, written and directed by Isabel Coixet, follows Hanna (Sarah Polley), a factory worker who lives alone in a barren apartment, wears a hearing-aid, and keeps to herself with a rigorous daily routine of identical meals, a fresh bar of soap every day, and needlepoint work at night. While on an extended holiday in Northern Ireland, she volunteers as a nurse, tending to a burn victim Josef (Tim Robbins) stationed on an oil rig. While Hanna coaxes him back to health, Josef, who has suffered temporary blindness, reaches out to her urgently, wanting to connect. As his brutish and passionate demeanor contrasts sharply with Hanna's solemn and quiet manner, Hanna initially refuses to reveal anything about herself, even her real name. But she soon she starts to recognize parallels between her own isolation and that of the others on the oil rig. She eventually grows to care for Josef and shares with him a painfully severe secret from her past that opens wounds, and doors, for the two strangers from different worlds to come together and help heal one another.
With the shaky-camera technique, absence of a film score, and the backdrop of a lone oil rig, writer and director Coixet (who also wrote and directed Polley in the 2003 critically-acclaimed MY LIFE WITHOUT ME), emphasizes the vulnerability and seclusion of the characters. Robbins and Polley turn in compelling performances; and a strong supporting cast that includes Javier Camara (TALK TO HER) and Eddie Marsan (THE ILLUSIONIST).
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING BEFORE BIDDING***
We Only Accept PayPal
We Only Ship Within the United States and Canada
We will combine shipping on items order at the same time. on movies it is 1.25 for each addtional movie after the first one.
***PRODUCTS - IMPORTANT SECTION - PLEASE READ !***
All DVDs have been veiwed unless specified as new, which means still wrapped from the factory. All DVDs come in a case with the original cover art unless specified otherwise. Cover art, cases and DVDs are sold as-is. A very small selection were rentals.
PAYMENT IS DUE IN 5 DAYS OF AUCTION'S END. PAYPAL IS THE ONLY ACCEPTED PAYMENT METHOD! IF PAYPAL IS NOT OPTION EMAIL US AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE OTHER OPTIONS.
If payment is not received within 5 days after your final win, and other arrangements have not been made, we have the option to void the sale, which will count as a strike against your account.
Shipping within 3 business days after we receive your payment.
***RETURN POLICY***
We DO NOT accept returns for the new DVDs since they are brand new.
If upon receipt, you find that the DVD does not play properly, it is your responsibility to contact us within 48 hours of receiving it. Otherwise, my return policy expires and we cannot accept the item back.
It is your responsibility to ship back the DVD within 3 days after receipt. It doesn't have to be received within 3 days, Just get it in the mail within 3 days. Return shipping costs are the buyer's responsibility. Once we receive the DVD a refund will be issued immediately via PayPal for the purchase price/winning bid, of the DVD only, not shipping charges paid.
We accept returns for used DVDs--- ONLY if it does not play properly. Cover art and cases are sold as-is and we will not accept returns if you do not like the condition of the case. We check every case before it leaves us to see it closes properly. A sticker on it or writing on it or something similar DOES NOT qualify as a broken case, or defective DVD and I DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS BECAUSE OF BUYER'S REMORSE.
***FEEDBACK***
We only leave feedback first when we are the buyer. Due to the new feedback policies, many buyers are using feedback extortion to try to get an item free, because of these we refuse to leave it first. We will leave positive feedback for you the same day or for sure within 24 hours after feedback is left for us..
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