The Secret In Their Eyes...

An Academy Award winning drama, this Argentinian film is full of surprises. Essentially a love story with the back-drop of a thriller it tells the story of  a young woman murdered and one of the court investigators that is assigned to the case. In a series of flashbacks we see the murder unfold whilst the court investigator, Ricardo (played by Benjamin Esposito) his own story, an unrequieted love is told.

Ricardo, his boss Soledad (played by Irene Menéndez Hastings) and his friend and fellow employee an unremorseful drunk are but some of  the central characters in this film along with Pablo (Ricardo Morales), the fiancee of the murdered woman.

Beginning in the present day with a meeting between Ricardo and Soledad, Ricardo is unable to shake-off unsettling feelings leftover from the murder investigation of long ago. He meets with his former boss to ask for access to old court documents about the murder investigation as he decides to write a novel about the murder investigation as a form of catharsis.  We, along with his memories are sent back to the early '70's', where he first set 'eyes' on Soledad.

Ricardo's colleague pen pusher Molinari played by actor Kiko Cerone, is an amusing drunk often found mouthing off in the local bar unable to pay for his shout. The incorrigible drunk is a likeable character who comes to an early demise but adds a touch of humour to the film.

The film (as all good thrillers do) has a twist we see coming but are unable to resolve.

-Entertaining, not life changing!