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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
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Year:
2009
129 min
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-who were you? how were you?

-I dont know, hard, conservative

-serious

-structured

-inflexible

-young..young, Benjamin

I was young

you were also young. Look, all

your hair was black

and here, looking from the sidelines

with a butt face

i was somebody else

I'm sure the book'll be fine, but I don't want to get involved. you might be at the end of your life

and want to look back

but I can't

i have to go to work everyday

to deal with this

It might not be the perfect justice,

but its a justice of sorts

at the end of day I must go back home

to live with my husband

with my kids, that I love

my life was always about looking forward

backwards is not my jurisdiction

I declare my self unable

what a case, it just doesn't want to die

Morales

-how are you?

-how you doing?

-I'm Esposito

-sure, how are you?

I'm okay, and you?

-well, here I am

want to sit down?

how are things?

-this month i come here Tuesdays and Thursdays

-sorry?

-to the station, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Mondays and Fridays I go to

Once and Sundays Constitucion

anyway, i change it around every month

he will come here some day

I'm sure that if he lives in the region around

the Capital, he'll be caught

I guess that even after a year

you haven't stopped working on him

no, no, of course not

you must think I'm stupid

-no

-dont pay attention, really, dont

-no, please, it's not like that

- the worst is that over time I'm starting to forget her

i have to try hard to remember

the whole day, night and day

the day he killed her, she made

tea with lemon for me

she heard me coughing the whole night

she said it would be good for me

All these silly memories come back to me now

then the doubts start

i dont know if it was tea with lemon

or tea with honey

and I'm not sure if i have a real memory

or the memory of a memory

excuse me, i need to talk with you

go ahead

-thanks

something happened yesterday

i was thinking all night long, couldn't sleep

i was thinking about you

you know, when...

when you see things from a

new perspective

when you see somebody, and that

makes you see your own life in a different way

-go on

-yes

and i said to myself

i have to talk with Irene

she could send me to hell

sorry...she could get mad, but

i must try

-if you can wait, i'll close the door

-sorry

-Sandoval, I'm busy now, when I'm free...

-but he called me

-yes, I called him, to talk amongst the three of us

yesterday i met with Morales at the

Station. You know what he was doing?

-My crystal ball is broken

-this guy goes everyday to stations in the hope of finding

the murderer, Dr

every single day, he leaves the bank

and goes to watch

-you dont know the capacity of this man's love

it moves me

It's as if this woman's death

froze him, in time, forever

you must see those eyes

they are in a state of pure love

can you imagine what love like that must be like?

without being diluted by

everyday life

-speak for yourself

it hasn't happened to me

-we think this guy deserves a chance, Dr

-and what's my role in all this?

- the case is closed. We should reopen it

-you are proposing to me to destroy

an official document, with my signature

and the judge's on it. To make false declarations in order

to make it look as if it is still open?

-That's a brilliant idea. i hadn't thought of that.

-Don't be an a**hole

everything okay, Doctor?

-tell me, haven't you seen

some letters over there?

Sandoval?

- I think he left for Talcahuano street

So, now you don't only escape to drink,

you also steal evidence.

-Everything's clear now, Benjamin

-if Irene wants to read the files..

-hands off, damn it

are you crazy? Sit down

do you know why we'll catch him, Benjamin?

because we are two a**holes

look

No, I've already read this to you

-let's go

-no, I haven't finished this train of thought

i asked myself, how is it possible

we can't find this guy?

he always disappears. Where is he?

then I start thinking about guys

all guys, not just this one

not specifically this one but...

-all guys, yes

-right..the general guy

A guy can do anything to change,

but there's one thing he can't change

not him, you, me, anyone

look at me.

Am I a young guy?

I have a good job,

a woman who loves me

and as you say, I keep on

screwing up my life in places like this

several times you've asked me: why are you

here, Pablo? what are you doing?

do you know why I'm here, Benjamin?

because it's my passion

I like coming here, geting drunk

fight if someone fucks with me. I like it

with you it's the same, Benjamin

you can't get this Irene out

of your head

she really wants to get married. She's

probably got more than 37 catalogues

for weddings dresses in her desk

she has an engagement

with a huge party, but you...

you are still waiting for the miracle, Benjamin

why?

come

how are you, Notary?

-how're you doing?

this is my friend Esposito, Notary Andretta.

A real notary, my advisor

let's check the first letter

of our friend Gomez, never mind the card

"I swear, that with the rain I finished

worse than Oleniak".. please

Juan Carlos Oleniak, he began

as a racing driver in 1960

in '61 he went to Argentinos Jrs, in '63

he came back to Racing

in a classic with San Lorenzo, they

sent him right into a pit, he was all wet

something serious, we call him Plato,

because he lives for the Academy

"im going to bring you here, Mum. We'll be

like Anido, but Anido with Mesias" .. Notary?

Anido and Mesias. Racing

champions from 1961

Blanco, Piani and Corbata,

Pisutti...Mansilla, Sosa and Belen

"stay calm, Mum, about this, I'm like

Manfredini, not like Babastro"

Pedro Valdemar Manfredini

he was bought by Mendoza for 2 pesos

he was an exceptional player

for his times

Babastro, striker. he played a few

matches between '62 and '63

he never scored

It says:
"I dont want to end like Sanchez"

what does it mean?

no, he must be talking about the goalkeeper

Atahulfo Sanchez

eternal Number Two of Great Negri

he played a few games between

'57 and '61

Notary, what is the Racing Club for you?

-it's a passion, my friend

even when they haven't won in 9 years?

-no, a passion is a passion

-Can't you see, Benjamin? this guy can change

everything:
face, house, family...

..girlfriend, religion, God...

but there s something he can't change

he can't change his passion

It's a beautiful night for playing football...

Huracan host to Racing Club of Avellaneda...

Racing is not doing well at the tournament...

wants revenge against the "Balloons" of Patricios Park....

its the Academy, the Academy, the Academy...

this is madness, crazy...

-because you don't understand about football...

you just must be patient, just that...

-no way...I mean there are too many people, it's impossible

-he is there, he is there

-where?

tell me where

let's go

-what's your problem?

We've been here a month, 4 matches

motherfuck.... Gomez!

come here! you fag!

hurry up, Benjamin

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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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