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Starring: Ricardo Darín, Guillermo Francella, Jose Luis Gioia, Javier Godino, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago
Director:Juan Jose Campanella
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country of Origin: Argentina
Language:Spanish
A man uncovers some long-held secrets when he investigates a decades-old crime in this drama from filmmaker Juan Jose Campanella. Ricardo Darin stars as Benjamin, a former criminal court employee who wants to write a novel about an Argentine case from the 1970s where a woman was raped and murdered. He confides his intentions in a judge with whom he's been secretly smitten for years, Irene (Soledad Villamil) but she expresses reservations about the idea, for reasons that soon become apparent. Meanwhile, flashbacks set up a parallel story, unfolding in 1970s Argentina. In that narrative, Argentina has fallen under the control of a military junta and a fair trial has become an increasingly uncommon event in that nation's courts. A woman is found raped and murdered while her husband was at work, and two immigrant workers are essentially forced into confessing to the crime. Back in the present day, Benjamin teams up with his colleague and friend, the lush Sandoval (Guillermo Francella) and the two go about identifying and tagging the perpetrator of the original crime. Subtle detail in a photograph alerts Benjamin to the possibility that a man named Gomez (Javier Godino) may have been the real culprit, but finding Gomez and obtaining conclusive evidence against him is no simple task. Moreover, as Benjamin and Gomez struggle to have the case reopened, they also find that bureaucracy and power in Argentine government have made this close to impossible. El Secreto De Sus Ojos (aka The Secret In Their Eyes) received its North American premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
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