Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Lost for Words

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Lost for Words

1996

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Overview

An account of the events that led a young tourist to permanent silence, after taking shelter with a peasant family whose dog he helped to exterminate.

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Production Companies

Channel Four Films

Cast & Crew

5 members

Acting

Peter Capaldi

The Tourist

Peter Capaldi

Acting

Anthony Pedley

The Peasant

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Rupert Holliday-Evans

The Backpacker

Rupert Holliday-Evans

Camera

Giovanni Mastronardi

The Barman

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Margarite Estévez Pardo

The Peasant's Wife

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