The Secret in Their Eyes
Argentina, Spain 2009, 129 mins
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo, Soledad Villamil
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo, Soledad Villamil
The shock of the night at the 2010 Oscars came when a little-known film beat THE WHITE RIBBON and A PROPHET to win the Best Foreign-Language Film award. Since then the buzz has been building around THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES.
Ricardo Darín (XXY) plays a hardened 1970s homicide detective who becomes obsessed with the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in a tough Buenos Aires neighbourhood. As the investigation uncovers the seedy course of events clouding the case, our protagonist becomes embroiled in a web of deceit and misdirection while battling the personal demons that have begun to surface.
More than just a gritty Latin American cop drama, this is an iconic murder mystery with a twist you won’t see coming.
