The Secret In Their Eyes: Can't Seperate A Man From His Passion

Official Site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/thesecretintheireyes/
Director(s):Juan José Campanella
Writer(s): Eduardo Sacheri
Producer(s):Mariela Besuievski, Juan José Campanella, Carolina Urbieta.

Starring:Ricardo Darín, Guillermo Francella, Soledad Villamil, Jose Luis Gioia, Pablo Rago (Moviefone.com). Rated R-127 minutes.

A former official of Argentina's Justice Department, Benjamin Esposito was struggling to write a novel about a rape-homicide case from decades ago. As a frustrated Esposito labored to find the right words to write on his notepad, he could not help imagining the screams of the rape victim, which was the antithesis of the idealistic, soft, and poetic thoughts he tried to write. This case was special to Esposito; he simply could not shake off a brute intuition, that there was something more to this old case. Following his intuition, Esposito visited his former boss, Irene, and they talked about old times, and reminisced about the case. Revisiting the case as a novelist, Esposito ultimately discovers something shocking and unprecedented.

The Secret In Their Eyes, is the Academy Award winner for best foreign language film, marked by excellent character development, smart writing, and balance. Characters drive the film, but not to the extent that they are the focus feature of the film, because the investigation of the rape-homicide is also captivating, but so is the writing. The dialogue is cogent and aphoristic, and one could argue that there is truth in the saying, " can't separate a man from his passion". Excluding the investigation, other elements of the film did not dominate the main story or the plot, but they were present and resolved. For example, Esposito was in love with his boss, Irene; this aspect of the film was resolved, without overshadowing the investigation which was the center aspect. Overall, the pace of the film was just was right , there was no lag, and it was absolutely captivating. According to metacritic.com, the film received generally favorable reviews, and Rottentomatoes.com granted the film 66 fresh tomatoes to 6 rotten ones. This masterpiece is a 95. Stay tuned to Movieporium.