Photos by Kiko García and Tim Robbins

Secret Life of Words

Josef

2006

Released in Spain in 2005, Isabel Coixet’s beautiful film The Secret Life of Words won the prestigious Goya Award for Best Picture, while Isabel won both Best Director and Best Screenplay.

When I first read Isabel’s script I was taken by its humanity, its poets’ heart. Two injured people finding each other at sea. One who can’t swim. One that is afraid to drown. Love finds its way. I’m proud to be in Isabel’s film. Proud to have worked with cinematographer Jean-Claude Larrieu and our hard working and genial crews in Madrid and Belfast, thrilled to have met and worked with Javier Cámara, Eddie Marsan, Danny Mays and blessed to have spent time on screen with two sublime and brilliant women, Julie Christie and Sarah Polley.

Not sure if this film reached your neck of the woods. It didn’t get much of a release in certain parts of the world, including mine, but it’s a good one, and I’m pretty sure it will be worth your while.

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Photos by Kiko García and Tim Robbins

Cast & Crew

The Secret Life of Words Cast and Crew

Director – Isabel Coixet
Writer – Isabel Coixet
Producers – Esther García, Agustín Almodóvar
Executive Producers – Pedro Almodóvar, Mauricio Díez, Jaume Roures,
UK Producers – Brendan J. Byrne
Line Producer – Colin McKeown
Associate Producers – Isabel Coixet, Javier Méndez

Cast

Sarah Polley – Hanna
Tim Robbins – Josef
Sverre Anker Ousdal – Dimitri
Javier Cámara – Simon
Danny Cunningham -Scott
Dean Lennox Kelly – Liam
Daniel Mays – Martin
Emmanuel Idowu – Abdul
Eddie Marsan – Victor
Steven Mackintosh – Doctor Sulitzer
Julie Christie – Inge
Reg Wilson – Factory Manager
Leonor Watling – Josef’s Friend’s Wife
Daphne Brown – Old Lady on Bus
Muriel Hobson – Old Lady on Bus
Joshua Miligan – Child
Sheelagh Smith – Child
Nina Marléne
Peter Wight

Cinematographer – Jean-Claude Larrieu
Editor – Irene Blecua
Casting Director – Shaheen Baig
Production Designer – Pierre-François Limbosch
Costume Designer – Tatiana Hernández
Makeup Department – Ainhoa Eskisabel, Ana López-Puigcerver Ana Urosa

Production Management – Nicolás Tapia
Second Unit Directors and Assistant Directors – Víctor Cuadrado, Darren Fee, Laia Piñol, Jesús Salcedo, Andrew Tohill, Dani Torres, Fernando Trullols

Art Department – Alicia Arias, Stephen Aspley, Jim Barr, Adam Copper, Bev Craig, Cole Doherty, Aude-Line Duliere, Jorge Fernández de Soto, Victoria Gómez, Serafín González, Shane Laverty, Sean McKeown, Laura Musso, Ivan Nesbitt, Nigel Pollock, Sean Scott, Paul Stewart, Liam Taylor, Ricard Zaplana,

Sound Department – David Álvarez, Aitor Berenguer, Juan Dibarboure, Patrick Ghislain, Detlef Halaski, Simon Kerr, Julien Martin, Julien Naudin, Fabiola Ordoyo, Jaume Puig, Deke Thompson

Visual Effects – Félix Bergés, Montse Capdevila, Gonzalo Carrión, Nacho Cepero, Carlos Cervera, Eduardo Díaz, Juantxo Fernández, David Flores de Vargas, Carmen García Sánchez, Roberto Girón, Juanjo González, Ñaña González, Tomás González, Pablo Hernández-Meléndez, Juancar Irarrazabal, Javier Jiménez, Joaquín Jordán, Javier Luján, Edu Mateos, Oceano Mateos, Inma Nadela, Guillermo Orbe, Ferran Piquer, Pablo Polo, Johnny Raphael, Thorsten Rienth, Rubén Rivas, Yela Román, Rafa Solorzano, Rocío Soriano Martín, Carlos Trijueque, José Miguel Zapata

Camera and Electrical Department – Alberto Arnal, Miguel Ángel Bardavio, Saturnino Beltrán, Raymond Carlin, Isabel Coixet, Noah Eli Davis, Jesús Fernández Santa, Juan Manuel García, Kiko Garcia, Emile Girao, Juan Carlos Gorriz, Emilio Guirao, Glynn Harrison, Isaías Ibáñez, Conor Kelly, Brian Livingstone, Steven Livingstone, Sergio Mantecón, Brett McCrum, Carlo McDonnell, Enrique Pérez, José Manuel Reboul, Laura Sanchez-Vizcaino

Casting Department – Ana Sanz

Costume and Wardrobe Department – Laura Agustín, Donna Hughes, Genoveva Leco, Roberto Marchetti, Raimundo Rudilla, Susan Scott, Rachael Webb-Crozier

Editorial Department – Felisa Catalinas, Noémie Dulau, Florencia Handler, Pilar Rodriguez, Óscar Romero, María Jesús Sánchez, Georgia Wyss, Chema Alba, Luis Escalada, Pablo Polo

Location Management – Aaron Gray, Paddy McCarney, Wally Mount, Nick Walker, Andrew Wilson, Laura Livingstone

Music Department – Isabel Coixet, Lourdes Hernández, Radoka Rapaic

Vocal Coach – Sarah Polley

Script and Continuity Department – Yuyi Beringola

Transportation Department – Ian Lewis, Roy McManus

Color Department – David Rocher

Health and Safety Department – Bridgeen Bradley, Clem Leneghan

Production Department – Miguel Campion, Michael Canning, Adela Donamaría, Diego Farias, Concha Fontenla, Ascen Marchena, Joseph McAuley, Marisa Mohedano, Yuriria Montero, Rafael Pajares, Juanlo Prada Garrudo, Covadonga R. Gamboa, Michelle Walsh, Camille Watson, Aislinn Whyte

Production Finance and Accounting – Beatriz Gordo, Sarah Louise Maskey, Diego Pajuelo, Silvia Sancho, Óscar Valero, Arancha Yusti

Property Department – Samanta Biurrun, Shane Bunting, Pilar Ordovás, Montse Palacin

Publicity -Deborah Palomo

Voice Actor, Dubbing – Leonor Watling

Additional Crew – Brian Breathnach, Stephen Darragh, Patrick Duncan, Lola García, Javier Giner, Simon MacDermott, Bárbara Peiró, Radoka Rapaic, Radokja Rapaic, Javier Ruiz, María Paz Sancho, Rosa María Serrano