Things I Never Told You
A funny, subtle, irreverent and engaging dramedy shot in the US that propelled Isabel Coixet’s to fame.
Ann, a cute video camera store clerk, moves to a strange city just to be closer to Bob, her boyfriend. After Bob breaks up with her, she makes a half-hearted suicide attempt. Following a nurse’s advice, she calls a crisis help line.
Uninhibited and irreverent, risky and delicate, this is a dramatic comedy with daring dialogue about loneliness and defeat. When the script was ignored in Spain, it was taken to the USA where it was filmed as an indie film with local actors. A film of great impact, it has paved the way for many subsequent productions and is now a benchmark for the new direction of contemporary Catalan cinema.
Halfway between comedy and drama, romantic to the bone, “Things I Never Told You” launched Isabel Coixet’s international career, revealing herself as a profound connoisseur of lonely hearts and the human soul. Still today, a film that surprises and captivates, seduces and accompanies. Because, in life and relationships, “anything can happen.”
Javier Garcia Puerto
Isabel Coixet (1960) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. She studied History at the University of Barcelona and began her career in advertising before moving into film. Her debut feature, “Demasiado viejo para morir joven” (1988), introduced her as a promising new voice, but she achieved international recognition with “Things I Never Told You” (1996) and especially “My Life Without Me” (2003) which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Later notable works include “The Secret Life of Words” (2005), “Map of the Sounds of Tokyo” (2009), “The Bookshop” (2017), and “It Snows in Benidorm” (2020), among others. Her films have been screened at major international festivals, including Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, and San Sebastián, and have received multiple awards, including several Goya Awards.
Filmography:
(Valik/Selected): A los que aman (Those Who Love, 1998), My Life Without Me (2003), The Secret Life of Words (2005), Elegy (Eleegia, 2008), Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009), Another Me (Teine mina, 2013), Learning to Drive (Õppesõit, 2014), Nadie quiere la noche (Endless Night, 2015), The Bookshop (Raamatupood, 2017), Un amor (2023), Tre ciotole (Three Goodbyes, 2025)