言语的秘密生活

独来独往的工厂女工汉娜（萨拉·波莉 Sarah Polley 饰），由于听力不好而总是戴着助听器。不善交际的她在工作上一直任劳任怨，终于在数年后得到了第一个假期。然而出乎众人意料的是，一时间具足无措的她居然主动放弃了这个难得的机会，自愿前往一间海上石油钻井平台，照顾一位在事故中被严重烧伤暂时失明的男人约瑟夫（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）。 　　与世隔绝、荒凉枯燥的钻井平台，两颗饱受痛苦往事折磨的孤独灵魂，一段交织在秘密与真相间的微妙亲密关系。在汉娜的悉心照料下，约瑟夫终于敞开心扉，与此同时，汉娜也打破沉默，向他讲述起自己不为人知的凄惨遭遇。Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she manages to find a job: caring for Josef, a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight, until he's stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.