a review of 言语的秘密生活

The Secret Life of Words is an original, touching drama that takes place on an oil rig. The performances are solid, and the exposed subject matter — war trauma — is unpleasant to hear but important to be told. I liked the melancholic atmosphere of isolated lost souls on the oil platform. There are a few ingredients that kept me from giving this a higher rating though. For example, the high-pitched inner child or imaginary friend (?) voice of the main character was a superfluous, infantile touch that slightly thwarted the film's seriousness.