Words in Blue

Words in Blue (original title: Les Mots bleus) is a 2005 French drama film adapted from the novel Leur histoire by French author Dominique Mainard. The film was adapted and directed by Alain Corneau.

Words in Blue
Film poster
Les Mots bleus
Directed by	Alain Corneau
Screenplay by	Alain Corneau
Based on	Leur histoire by Dominique Mainard
Produced by	Laurent Pétin Michèle Pétin
Starring	Sylvie Testud Sergi López
Cinematography	Yves Angelo
Edited by	Thierry Derocles
Music by	Christophe
Distributed by	ARP Sélection
Release dates	16 February 2005 (2005-02-16) (Berlinale) 23 March 2005 (2005-03-23) (France)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French French Sign Language Catalan
Budget	€5 million[1]
Box office	$661,951[2]

Plot

Clara, (Sylvie Testud), works in a birdshop. She is concerned about her deaf-mute daughter Anna, (Camille Gauthier), whom she is bringing up on her own. She has never spoken a single word. Clara herself is illiterate. Ever since her grandmother Baba, whom she adored, had been the victim of an attack when she was reading her a story, she has always refused to learn to read and write. Now that the silence of her daughter Anna is causing her to be bullied by her peers, Clara feels obliged to withdraw her from her school, and to enrol her in a school for the deaf-mute, run by Vincent, (Sergi López). Vincent, the principal, suggests giving his new pupil particular classes to teach her Sign Language, and so facilitate Anna's integration.

Cast

• Sylvie Testud as Clara
• Sergi López as Vincent
• Camille Gauthier as Anna
• Mar Sodupe as Muriel
• Cédric Chevalme as Clara's husband
• Isabelle Petit-Jacques as Anna's teacher
• Gabrielle Lopes Benites as Muriel's daughter
• Louis Pottier as Muriel's son
• Esther Gorintin as Baba
• Clarisse Baffier as Young Clara