The Secret in Their Eyes

“The Secret in Their Eyes” is an Argentinean crime drama, says Walter Helwich on his Vimeo profile. This is film won the Oscar for best foreign film in 2010. The film stars Ricardo Darin, Pablo Rago and Soledad Villamil.

Benjamín Esposito is the main protagonist. He has spent all his life working in the court. After retirement, he decided to write a novel based on a real crime – a rape and murder of a beautiful young woman in 1974. Moreover, he was involved in the investigation of this case himself. Those were turbulent days in Argentina, and this case will mark Espósito’s life forever. But still, while he writes the novel, the past revives in front of him. He revives the memories of a crime that was never solved. Moreover, he included some events from 1970 to 2000, but he succeeded to make a balance between the present and past. In fact, this crime story develops into a delicate romance that had not chance to end up in marriage (which is considered to be the perfect ending for a deep love between two individuals). The relationship between the boss Irene Hastings and her assistant, Benjamin begins professionally, because in the world of criminal, there is simply no room for anything else. Suddenly, these two mature people start to have delicate feelings for each other, but they are trying to keep in secret their privacy from their colleagues and senior officers in the judicial-bureaucratic system. Therefore, love is in sight, but the story, will have a turnover. Furthermore, they start to reveal a notorious criminal, Ricardo Morales, who lost his beloved wife Liliane Colot. This evil character will actually encourage the main character to make the right choices both professional and personal.

All in all, this is a real masterpiece. This strong, deeply emotional film is based on the novel “La pregunta de sus ojos”, which was written by Eduardo Sacher. The scenarist and director of the film was Juan José Campanella, famous for its work in some popular American TV series, like “Law & Order”, “House MD”. Find out more about Walter Helwich.