The Secret in Their Eyes

“An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.”

8.0

2009

2h 10m

MysteryThrillerDrama

Director: Juan José Campanella

Overview

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

Trailer

UK Trailer [Subtitled] Official

Cast

Benjamín Espósito

Ricardo Darín

Benjamín Espósito

Irene Menéndez Hastings

Soledad Villamil

Irene Menéndez Hastings

Ricardo Morales

Pablo Rago

Ricardo Morales

Isidoro Gómez

Javier Godino

Isidoro Gómez

Pablo Sandoval

Guillermo Francella

Pablo Sandoval

Liliana Coloto

Carla Quevedo

Liliana Coloto

Compliment Girl

Bárbara Palladino

Compliment Girl

Pinche Mariano

Alejandro Abelenda

Pinche Mariano

Judge Fortuna Lacalle

Mario Alarcón

Judge Fortuna Lacalle

Ordóñez

Rudy Romano

Ordóñez

Romano

Mariano Argento

Romano

Pinche Tino

Sebastián Blanco

Pinche Tino

Reviews

Bazzjazz

Please, I emplore you. This is the original ‘The secret in their eyes’ without the Hollywood gloss and Pseudo ‘Top Actors/Actresses’ The Agentinian original film that won best foreign film at the Oscars. Deservedly so. Don’t sell yourself short and see the Hollywood redo. It’s got a ending I wish I could tell you about. See This show!

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afrebrd

Story, director, actors--I bow my head. Have not watched many Spanish movies lately, but along with Iñárritu's 'Amores Perros,' and Babenco's 'Pixote,' I’ve really been missing out.

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CinemaSerf

For many years since his retirement "Espósito" (Ricardo Darín) has been haunted by a brutal case of rape and murder that he was unable to solve. He decides that maybe the best way to formulate his thoughts and re-order the investigation is to write a novel, so with the help of an antiquated old Olivetti from his friend, and the new departmental boss "Irene" (Soledad Villamil) he starts to reconstruct the investigation. Using transcripts and photographs, he alights on the woman's schoolfriend "Gómez" (Javier Godino) who has long since disappeared from the scene. Increasingly, he becomes convinced in this man's complicity and now consulting with the dead woman's widower "Morales" (Pablo Rago) we all start to learn a little about the backstory, and it's complex, violent and tragic in equal measure. Can his deductions find the truth? This is a great example of a methodological and forensic drama that looks at the crime, sure, but it takes almost the same amount of time and effort to examine the strongly built characterisations. The nature of obsession, the desire for closure and completion - all addictive aspects of human nature that Darín and the almost perfect pacing from Juan José Campanella deliver here. It's a mystery that works on several levels evaluating the effectiveness of legal process and modern policing whilst reminding us that those exposed to crime are also affected, sometimes profoundly, by what they encounter. This works really well in a cinema, if you can. The frequently intimate style of the photography and the sparing use of light at times makes this an eerily effective watch that is rarely straightforward.

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