Today's film is El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes). It comes to us from Argentina, and is the winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It didn't really read as a mystery to me; more like a crime drama.
Benjamin Esposito is a retired deputy who is writing a novel about one of his most difficult cases. The crime happened over 25 years ago, when a woman was raped and murdered. He visits his former coworkers and other people affected by the crime, and learns more about it as he goes along.
Benjamin has always been in love with his superior, Irene, but the love has never been quite returned. She reads his draft of the novel. It ends with him riding on a train and her chasing after it on the station, you know, like the most cliche movie move ever. She tells him how ridiculous that is, and if she was doomed to be alone for the rest of her life, then why didn't he take her with him? So, he asks her out and she tells him it will be complicated. Will they end up together? We don't know.
Benjamin also visits the victim's husband's house. That's where he learns more about how he coped with his wife's death as well as his response to the killer's freedom. Overall, it was a good film, but it wasn't anything outstanding. I will give it a 7/10.
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