The Secret in Their Eyes

IMDb Hay noches en las que no buscas una película nueva. Buscas un lugar al que volver. Un espacio familiar que, paradójicamente, siempre tiene algo nuevo que decirte. Para mí, ese lugar se llama El Secreto de sus Ojos. Para mí es más una película argentina que ganó el Oscar. Es mi refugio cinematográfico, ritual y a el vuelvo cuando necesito conectar con algo más profundo que el entretenimiento. La trama, en aparie…

Review * * * It is a 2009 Argentine film based on the novel La pregunta de sus ojos, it tells the story of Benjamín Espósito, a former judicial worker who has decided to write a novel about a homicide case in which he worked 20 years ago and in order to write his story he meets again the woman who was his boss at that time, the love of his life that he has kept secret. Benjamin requests the file of this homicide to…

Image   This is a 2009 Argentinean drama thriller film directed by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel The Question in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri, who co-wrote the screenplay with Campanella. It tells the story of a judicial investigator named Benjamín Espósito. After retiring, he decides to write a novel based on an unsolved rape and murder case that happened decades ago. The plot develops between the…

It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2009 Obtuvo el Óscar a la mejor película extranjera en 2009 It has been more than ten years since I saw this film for the first time and every time I see it again I confirm my love for this story. In my first meeting I didn't know that the film was based on a novel, so now that I had the chance to read the book (finally) I naturally wanted to watch it again and make comparis…