March 30, 2011

My favorite movie

My favorite movie is "El secreto de sus ojos" (The secret in their eyes). This movie is set in two periods: the first is in 70's in Argentina, and the second in the first decade of this century. It's a drama story written by Eduardo Sacheri and directed by Juan José Campanella. The protagonists are Ricardo Darín y Soledad Villamil. 




This movie is about a man (Espósito) that works in a penal court. In this place he meet a lawyer woman very intelligent (Irene), and he fall in love with her for a long time, but she is indifferent with him. While, Espósito takes charge investigating the case of a newlywed woman who was violated and murdered. It's not a easy work because in the murder place were not evidence. Then, Esposito review old photographs of the girl and note that some of them is a young men looking her. And it is the secret in their eyes, because he always loved her but she never loved him, and for it he killed her, and he should be under life sentence, but it was not.



Thirty years later, Espósito still in love with Irene and he decides to write a novel about the story I told earlier. By the end of the film he discovers that the murderer of the woman was still alive but had been the husband of the woman that did justice, holding the man captive at home for thirty years. Finally, Esposito is reunited with Irene and she seems to want to be him at last.

I like this movie because it is extremely realistic, it shows a shocking story that highlights the paradoxes and difficulties of life, focusing on love and justice as values that remain for many years. I also like to emphasize the quality of the actors and the direction in general, which enable a true work of art in the context of Latin cinema. With nothing else to say ... watch it.