The Secret In Their Eyes
The Secret In Their Eyes has eyes that continuously show a strong romantic connection between Benjamín Esposito (Ricardo Darín) a state prosecution investigator and Irene Menéndez Hastings (Soledad Villamil) an Argentine judge. The secret is why over several decades they never managed to get it together. We begin to get an answer just after Benjamin retires and decides to write a novel based on a frustrating 1970’s case involving a conviction after some astute yet manipulative police work by Benjamin and the newly assigned Irene. The defendant was found guilty of the brutal murder of a beautiful young woman but political interference by Inspector Romano (Mariano Argento) an unpleasant Peronist, secured the release of sadistic killer Isidoro Gómez (Javier Godino) and Benjamin does all that he can to comfort the surprisingly calm pacifist husband of the victim, Ricardo Morales (Pablo Rago).. When Benjamin is plagued by writers block in his new found vocation he turns up at the office of the now married and very powerful Irene to get some inspiration. Not only does his reinvestigation shed new light on the case and reunite Benjamin with Ricardo, it also invigorates the old glow between these two former co-workers. It runs a close second for me (I liked A Prophet better) but The Secret In Their Eyes won the 2010 Academy Award for best foreign language film.