AUDIENCE CHOICE 2010:

El secreto de sus ojos / The Secret in their Eyes

Director: Juan José Campanella

Writer: Juan José Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri

Production: Co-prodution Argentina-Spain; 100 Bares / Tornasol Films / Haddock Films / Telefe 2009

Year: 2009

Duration: 129 minutes

Genre:
Thriller | Drama

Country: Argentina

Language:
Spanish with english subtitles

Awards:
Oscar 2009 to Best Foreign Language Film. Goya 2009 to Best Breakthrough Actress and Best Latinamerican Film, 9 nominations. Película Audience Choice Award 2010

Cast:
Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, José Luis Gioia, Mario Alarcón, Mariano Argento, Ricardo Cerone, David Di Nápoli

Synopsis:
Benjamín Espósito is a judicial employee who is about to retire and decides to write a novel about a criminal case that happened years ago, and to which he witnessed. His obssession with the brutal murder that occurred in 1975, he relives those years, bringing to mind not only the violent crime or the perpetrator but also a profound love story with his colleague whom he has silently loved for years. Writing the book about the murder, leads him to investigate his own past and a period of Argentina’s history marked by violence and death and where nothing was what it seemed to be.

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