The Secret in their Eyes

2009 • 129 minutes

About this movie

Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin (Ricardo Darin), decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five year old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him. Sharing his plans with Irene (Soledad Villamil), the beautiful judge and former colleague he has secretly been in love with for years, Benjamin's initial involvement with the case is shown through flashbacks, as he sets out to identify the murderer. But Benjamin's search for the truth will put him at the center of a judicial nightmare, as the mystery of the heinous crime continues to unfold in the present, testing the limits of a man seeking justice and personal fulfillment at last. MPAA Rating: R © 2009, 2010 Tornasol Films S.A., Haddock Films S.R.L., 100 Bares Producciones S.A. and El secreto de sus ojos A.I.E. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

Not a girly drama, but there is a love thing, just enough to keep a girl on your arm happy, unless y'all don't like subtitles. If that is the case, lrn2read. Otherwise buy and watch this movie!

This is one of the few spanish movies that has taken my breath away. Set in Argentina, a writer/detective tries to solve a crime, but comes across the corruption of the country. Unable to provide condolences to the victims family, matters are taken in an unsuspecting way.

In a series of very well orchestrated flashbacks, the main character ponders writing the case he has been obsessing for so many years and while investigating it's end in the present time he uncovers the shocking truth of what happen. Terrific!