The Secret Laughter of Women

Name: The Secret Laughter of Women
Director: Peter Schwabach
Released: 1999
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Colin Firth, Nia Long, Dan Lett, Joke Silva, Ariyon Bakare

1999 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 765 VOTES · DIR. Peter Schwabach

Overview

Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian single mother to son Sammy, is under pressure from her family to find a suitable husband and who better than the local Reverend? After making friends with Matthew, a British comic-book writer and one of his heros, Sammy has other ideas. He successfully plots to get them together but they've still a few obsticles to overcome. (from Amazon)

Dialogue Timeline — 924 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:44 I will rid the Universe of the accursed Recombinants hordes!

00:05:30 Then, you see, I have a married woman's head tie.

00:08:42 She says she's looking for someone romantic.

00:12:48 - Are you honest? - Brutally.

00:15:04 "let us surf Orion on my Cosmic Chariot"?

00:18:01 "and there has never been any inappropriate familiarity. "

00:20:44 Let me see... Hot press, or sexy bouncing Coco Curls?

00:25:51 Mr Field, you need to tell me what you want.

00:28:41 - My teacher says... - Don't listen to him, he's a loser.

00:31:51 I read somewhere, that in the garden of Eden

00:36:12 Be a tax lawyer like me?

00:38:41 Women! Be silent! Taboo!

00:43:40 Why do you always say that?

00:47:27 Mrs da Silva, I hear you've created a garden of Eden.

00:51:27 Excuse me. Sweet Potato, take care of your guest.

00:58:01 - Why? - Ah, there's an emergency.

01:00:36 You want to make yourself a cut price bride?

01:04:33 Saracen distress call! Saracen distress call...

01:10:15 - Fola wants to marry you. - It's none of your business, mamma.

01:13:58 You still haven't worked it out.

01:17:29 - I'm going to get back to work. - About time.

01:21:41 Good bye, Sam.

01:25:51 Oh, mamma, don't be angry with me, please...

07:00:03 it's a criminal offense

Cast & Characters

Colin Firth Matthew Field Nia Long Nimi Da Silva Dan Lett John Joke Silva Nene Ariyon Bakare Rev. Fola Joy Elias-Rilwan Mama Fola Hakeem Kae-Kazim Dr. Ade Bella Enahoro Madame Rosa Fizzy Roberts Sammy Rakie Ayola Talking Drum

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed924

Dialogue density9.3 lines / min

First line00:01:44

Final line07:00:03

Production Record

DirectorPeter Schwabach

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes765