The Secret in Their Eyes
Original title: El secreto de sus ojos
“An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.”
2009 · 2 h 9 min
Juan José CampanellaCast
Ricardo Darín 
Soledad Villamil Pablo Rago Carla Quevedo Javier Godino Bárbara Palladino
Credits
Written by: 
Eduardo Sacheri
Plot
A retired Buenos Aires court clerk starts writing a novel about an unsolved rape and murder from 1974, and is drawn back into the case and into a long-unspoken love.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gripping thriller, romance and political drama in one, with a famous single-take football-stadium sequence.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (246,053 votes)
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