Where was The Secret Life of Words filmed?
2005 film, directed by Isabel Coixet.
- Madrid
The story is set in United Kingdom, about 983 miles (1,582 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- United Kingdom
- Filmed in
- Madrid
- Distance
- About 983 miles (1,582 km) between United Kingdom and the nearest filming location.
About The Secret Life of Words
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- Released
- 2005
- Director
- Isabel Coixet
- Cast
- Sarah PolleyTim RobbinsJulie ChristieJavier CámaraEddie MarsanDaniel MaysSverre Anker OusdalSteven MackintoshDean Lennox KellyLeonor Watling
- Genre
- DramaWar
The story
Taciturn, partially deaf Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian native working in a factory in Northern Ireland.
He is bedridden on an offshore oil rig after a fire on the rig, and has severe burns and is temporarily blinded.
Hanna's care for him includes holding the urinal and washing his entire body.
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