The Secret in Their Eyes

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Secret In Their Eyes

Original title: El secreto de sus ojos
Year: 2009
Running time: 129 min.
Country: Argentina
Director: Juan José Campanella
Screenwriter: Eduardo Sacheri, Juan José Campanella (Novel: Eduardo Sacheri)
Music: Federico Jusid
Cinematography: Félix Monti
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia, Mario Alarcón, Mariano Argento, Kiko Cerone, David Di Nápoli, Carla Quevedo
Producer: Co-production Argentina-Spain; 100 Bares / Tornasol Films / Haddock Films / Telefe / RTVE / Canal+ España
Genre: Thriller. Mystery. Drama | 1970s. Crime. Argentinian Dictatorship. Cop Movies
Synopsis / Plot: Benjamin Esposito is a judicial employee who decides to retire after writing a novel about a criminal case, which has been a witness and protagonist. Writing the book on the murder occurred in Buenos Aires in 1974, leads him to investigate his own past and for a period of argentina history marked by violence and death.

Awards: 2009: Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture

2010: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Picture

2010: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Film

2010: César Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

2010: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best European Film

2010: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nominated for Best International Independent Film

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2009: 2 Goya Awards: New Actress and Latin-American Movie. 9 Nominations

2009: San Sebastián International Film Festival: Official Selection

2009: 5 Havana Film Festival Awards: Including Audience Award & Special Jury Prize

2009: Argentinean Academy: 13 Awards, inc. Best Picture and Director

2009: 11 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards: Including Best Picture

2009: Ariel Awards (Mexico): Best Latin-American Film

2009: British Independent Film Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film

2009: Cinema Writers Circle, Spain: 4 awards

2009: 9 Clarin Awards: Including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay

2009: Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film

2010: Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film

2010: London Critics Circle Film Awards: Nominated Foreign Language Film of the Year

2010: Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Nominated Best Foreign Film

2009: 13 Sur Awards: including Best Film, Director & Actor (Darín)

Critics' reviews

"Campanella weaves a moral fable that manages to pack a powerhouse punch and still be as intimate as a whisper."You won't be able to get this supremely intelligent and deeply touching thriller out of your head (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"[It] is simply mesmerizing (...) The film is still more than the sum of its parts (...) Campanella’s finest film."

Jonathan Holland: Variety
"A complete, engrossing, lovingly crafted film. (...) This is a real movie, the kind they literally don't make very much anymore. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"An attractive, messy drama (...) The scenes between Mr. Darín and Ms. Villamil aren’t subtle (...) but they appealingly convey the warmth of habit and heat of regret."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"A supremely watchable, well-made and well-acted movie with a dark, sinewy sense of history (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Handsome, fitfully absorbing, fundamentally trite (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Tim Robey: Telegraph
"The appeal of 'The Secret in Their Eyes' lies in its lithe and mysterious quality. It deliberately blurs genre lines and storytelling styles."

Geoffrey Macnab: The Independent
"A film of enormous pretension and not enough reward (...) Shallow and pretty obvious [themes] (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Dave Calhoun: Time Out

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