The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)

2009/ Spanish/ 129mins/ Dir. Juan José Campanella
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia, Javier Godino, Pablo Rago

Academy Award Winner – Best Foreign Language Film

Argentinean writer—director—editor Juan Jose Campanella has created a multi—layered and poignant thriller interweaving the personal lives of a state prosecution investigator and a judge, with a manhunt spanning twenty—five years.

Benjamin Esposito, a career long criminal court employee, has recently retired and decides to write a novel. He decides not to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past for a true and tragic story. In 1974, his court was assigned an investigation into the rape and murder of a beautiful young woman. The search for the murderer is arduous. No clues remain at the scene and Esposito must rely on his own instincts. No longer an observer, he becomes an unwilling central character in a dangerous drama. As he moves forward, Esposito begins to see that it is now too late to stop. Telling the story becomes a narrow, winding path in justifying his own life and facing up to the woman who he’s been in love with for 30 years.

‘Humane and harrowing, highly recommended. This one will stay with you.’ Empire Magazine