15 Dec 2005
The Secret Life of Words
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Richelieu
A French-to-Spanish interpreter working for a food processing plant that hires seasonal workers from Guatemala is, at first determined to obey the sometimes excessive directives of the young boss, but she befriends the workers and tries to defend them against the exploitation they suffer.
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Ariane Castellanos Ariane
Marc-André Grondin Stéphane
Nelson Coronado Manuel
Ève Duranceau Michèle
Gerardo Miranda Alfonso
Micheline Bernard Nicole
Luis Oliva Juan
Antonio Ortega Guillermo
Denis Marchand Marcel
María Mercedes Coroy Maria
Carlos Guerra Julio
Émile Schneider Mathieu
Nicolas Berno Monsieur Ricard (voice)
Hubert Proulx Richard
David Gagnon Ambulancier #1
Sasha Migliarese Christine
Danny Gilmore Dr. Gagnon
Marc Beaupré Agent d'indemnisation (voice)
Hugolin Chevrette Sylvain
Monique Gosselin Caissière
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