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Synopsis: In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamín Espósito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamín, his assistant Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menéndez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamín and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamín and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gómez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 51 wins & 40 nominations.
 
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Year:
2009
129 min
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good morning, we are looking for

Isidoro Gomez

-whats up?

may i know who are you?

-Mike Hammer, a**hole

Did he come to work?

-no he didn't come

we have nothing to do with him

-please, just give me his address

-right away

-we know that Gomez had a phone call last night

he had paid the whole week

but he left anyway

i can search more, if you want

-i saw the same pictures

i should have found that out

-there's no way, Esposito.

that case has nothing, just smoke

if you think im going to embarrass

myself with my collegue from Chivilcoy

to enter in the house of an old woman

to search for some letters he might have written...

and..papa..please, Esposito

you are crazy

-you know what, Doctor

without this, we have nothing

-look, you gave enough trouble with

your charge on poor Romano

he's now who knows where

or maybe he is in Chivilcoy

why dont you check, he could help you

the truth is, i dont know what to do

Morales gets worse and worse everyday the

murderer knows we are after him

i have a judge is a stupid

irene..i want to kill her

and the only guy i trust

is a dumb drunk, an a**hole

i have something on my favour.

small, but something

today is 28th, it means that

dumb drunk still hasn't got his salary

the previous one..he drunk it

so, when the barman asks him for money, the

guy will face a dilemma

If he says he doesn't have any money

he goes to jail, he fights, a lot of problems

his wife definitely throw him out

or...

..he turns around, to his a**hole boss

that is me, and asks him to pay

that's it. The boss is an a**hole

but not that much of an a**hole

he will pay. Again

but he will ask a favour in return

and the dumb drunk will not say no

isnt it?

i have to pee

-hold it

The old woman will be out in any moment

- Too many inspectors movies. Napoleon Solo

Perry Mason... that's your problem

che, really, i have to pee

ah, motherf***er! I could sh*t on you!

-you f***ing scared me, a**hole

-me, to you? what are you doing here?

-i came to help

-you should've stayed outside,

in case the old woman comes back

-she's not coming

-how do you know?

-she is in the shop. She'll be there

a while, calm down

did you find something?

-letters

but they dont have his address.

There aren't any envelopes

this is recent

-so?

-how, so? its new

-the trash, maybe an envelope might still be there

che, there's nothing here

nothing, nothing?

-nothing

-did you look carefully?

-want to see?

want me to drive?

I'm sure that little dog was rapid

and you're going to die

- i dont understand why you didn't

stay outside. The old woman can't know

-Benjamin, the moment we came

she'd know, sooner or later

-thats why we decided to not

bring the letters with us

you couldn't be so stupid as to have taken

the letters, could you?

and what if I did?

-ay, motherf***er! what?

what?

if the old woman knows, she'll tell Gomez

and we'll never find him.

-i dont see it like that

-what don't you see? you don't see a f***ing thing

-you'll see. When i start to study this, you'll see

i'll find out everything.. when I'm alone

tactical revolutionary command..?

...wrong number..

so? nothing?

-dont know, maybe it's me

It's as if this f***er knew that we'd read them.

just names, nonsense things

nothing concrete

look, calm down, mum

I'm more like Manfredini than Babastro in this way

People from Chivilcoy?

-give them to me..

Sperm Bank, hello?

...no we only provide...

Esposito, Sandoval... Dr Fortuna

wants to see you, please

when i talk to you, you can hear

me, right?

-yes, doctor

-then i must assume that if i say

something and you do the opposite

its not because you don't hear but

you sh*t on the order i gave you

Is that right, Esposito?

-no, its not like that, Dr-

and if my colleague from Chivilcoy calls me

very angry, because two of my men

broke into the house of a poor old woman

that would mean he's full of sh*t

-i dont know where your colleague

could have come up with that idea

-its the same as I said to him, Esposito

but look, look

my colleague tells me, the other day

in the city of Chivilcoy

in the streets Sabeiro and Esquiafino

city of Chivilcoy, there was a black car parked

Peugeot, Capital licence plate

and he checked the identification of the car

you will never guess who

the owner was..tell me, who

some Es..

the federal police gave him your work

information

judge calls me to clarify this point

but the truth is i can't

so it looks like im not a judge,

but a big a**hole

i say:
do "a" and in here you do "z"

like this f***ing machine...

Dr, but.. i think that there's something strange about this

-that's right, wait wait, dont go

here comes the best part

Later you can treat me like an

a**hole, but now, listen to me

because what called the

attention in town

it wasnt two guys looking

like they're from capital city, no

or that one of them tied

his shoes, no

what was curious was that, one of

them got inside a store

greeted people very kindly

bought a whisky bottle

and went drinking it

on the sidewalk

need the description of the guy?

We've got to deny it, Benjamin. it wasn't me

i wasn't there, i don't know

-don't talk to me, never again

-but we must deny it

-Doctor

-get out of my sight, please

-are you going to be against us, too?

Irene, im talking with you... Irene

-I dont know what is worse. the stupid thing

you did, or the fact it was behind my back

-i thought that you...

-you think im useless here

-i never said that

-you dont have to, it's plain to see

but you must know that I'm the boss and you're the employee

talks about 5 jobs,

one in construction, other selling vegetables

Monte Grande, San justo

Avellaneda

Oleniak, Manfredini, Babastro and Sanchez

just one woman, some Rosa

i think it's an aunt

nothing else, can't count more

the rest is useless

-please

leave it open, its nothing private

i was talking with Fortuna

i explained to him that you are stupid

i flashed him my most irresistible smile

and i convinced him

to forget everything

i really appreciate it, doctor

-i beg that from now on..

you don't do this kind of thing anymore

you can go.

-i have a doubt, if you'd allow me

what is that irresistible smile?

I don't think I know it

Why would you? I only use it on

my boyfriend. Just as it is should be

-of course. okay, i don't want to

bother you

-bring me the case of Colotto

and I'll close it

the subject is closed

Engagements. today kids make fun

of engagements

who gets engaged anymore?

this kid, what was his name?

-Godoy

Larreta brought him.

-it's true

-but I'm so silly, i didn't

date them

when could it be? some months

after Chivilcoy?

-a week later. i remember

perfectly

a week after our fight, you came with

that Alfonso from god knows where.

ready to announce your engagement

look here Sandoval, trying to

not look drunk

-Sandoval...poor

-amazing, I see myself but I hardly recognise me, like it's someone else altogether

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Eduardo Sacheri

Eduardo Sacheri (Castelar, 1967) is an Argentine writer and professor of History, graduated in the National University of Luján. He is best known for his novel La pregunta de sus ojos which became the basis for the Oscar-winning film El secreto de sus ojos and its American remake. Sacheri co-wrote the film's script in collaboration with its director Juan Jose Campanella. Sacheri and Campanella were also the screenwriters of the animation film Underdogs. He also published a number of short stories, such as Esperándolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol and Lo raro empezó después. In 2016, Sacheri won the Premio Alfaguara for his novel La noche de la usina. more…

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