
A Life without Words
2011, Spanish. Directed by Adam Isenberg.
In rural Nicaragua, Dulce Maria and her brother Francisco are Deaf adults who know no language at all--spoken, written or signed--until Tomasa, a Deaf sign-language teacher, arrives determined to teach them their first words.
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 6 September 2011
- Original title
- Una vida sin palabras
- Country
- Nicaragua, Turkey
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A Life without Words runs 71 minutes (1h 11m).
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If you liked A Life without Words, try Oceans, To the Sea, Van Gogh: Painted with Words.
Who directed A Life without Words?
A Life without Words (2011) was directed by Adam Isenberg.