MysteryThrillerDrama

The Secret in Their Eyes

- An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.

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.

Release Date : 2009-08-13

Language :Spanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Canal+ España100 BaresTornasol MediaMinisterio de CulturaINCAAHaddock FilmsTVETelefe

Production Country : ArgentinaSpain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Benjamín Espósito

Original Name : Ricardo Darín

Gender : Male

Character Name : Irene Menéndez Hastings

Original Name : Soledad Villamil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ricardo Morales

Original Name : Pablo Rago

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isidoro Gómez

Original Name : Javier Godino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pablo Sandoval

Original Name : Guillermo Francella

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liliana Coloto

Original Name : Carla Quevedo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Compliment Girl

Original Name : Bárbara Palladino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinche Mariano

Original Name : Alejandro Abelenda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Fortuna Lacalle

Original Name : Mario Alarcón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ordóñez

Original Name : Rudy Romano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romano

Original Name : Mariano Argento

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinche Tino

Original Name : Sebastián Blanco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alejandra Sandoval

Original Name : Gabriela Daniell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Báez

Original Name : José Luis Gioia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Cardozo

Original Name : Juan José Ortíz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Molinari

Original Name : Kiko Cerone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sicora

Original Name : Fernando Pardo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Station Guard

Original Name : Maximiliano Trento

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacinto Cáceres

Original Name : Sergio López Santana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan Robles

Original Name : Elvio Duvini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Notary Andretta

Original Name : David Di Nápoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foreman

Original Name : Darío Valenzuela

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Gómez

Original Name : Alicia Haydée Pennachi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old man in Outhouse

Original Name : Carlos Mele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interrogator Warden

Original Name : Iván Sosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Irene

Original Name : Judith Buchalter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Civil Guard Ministry of Social Welfare

Original Name : Héctor La Porta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margarita

Original Name : Liliana Cuomo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thug

Original Name : Alejandro Pérez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk Man #1 (uncredited)

Original Name : Pedro Kochdilian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk Man #2 (uncredited)

Original Name : Oscar Sánchez

Gender : Male

Reviews

Bazzjazz

@Bazzjazz

2021-06-23

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!

afrebrd

@afrebrd

2022-11-08

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.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-24

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.