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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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if we only work with good people...

He's a prisoner, processed by order

of Dr Fortuna...

-you think i dont know you released him just

to screw with me? you think I'm an a**hole?

those are 2 questions

wich one do you want me to answer first?

is this true?

-Doctor...

lets see, please. Dont get involved in this.

what do you want to do?

Make some demand? Don't get offended

but you're not capable of doing anything

What you can do, is go back to your office

stay quiet and learn

the new Argentina is not taught at Harvard

and you, why you did you come with the Doctor?

You think she can protect you?

Why dont you leave her alone.

She has nothing to do with you

she's a lawyer, you're a trade expert,

she's young, you're old

she's rich, you are poor

she's Menendez Hasting, you're Esposito

meaning nothing

she's untouchable

you are not

let her go back to her world

don't be a bad man

now, if you have a problem with me

come alone, and we'll fix it

-let's go Irene

there's one thing you do both have in common

Neither of you can do a thing

you told me life in prison

-well, yes

he should have got life in prison

so what happened?

-what can i say? these people

stuff justice up their asses

Where he is right now, we can't even get close to him

-and if we could...what then?

what would be achieved by shooting him four times?

I'd go to jail for the rest of my life, and Gomez would be free of

everything before he even hits the floor

And I'd rot in prison, envying him.

no, for me, life imprisonment would be fine.

-truth is, i would like to help you

but i don't know how

-who knows..at some other time

please, allow me to treat you

-no, no

-it's just a coffee

i really want to thank you, Benjamin

for everything you've done

without you, I really wouldn't've got this far...

i owe you one

-Dr Esposito. they are looking for you, for the...

-I'm not a doctor, how many times do I have to say it?

If you call me Doctor in front of the judge

I'll look like an idiot

what happened with the file

You finished it?

-i'm doing it now.

-no, you are not. you are here. you should be there...

How long will it be before you talk to me?

-i talk to you everyday

I'm not untouchable, nor from another world

-I wish you weren't, but that's the way it is.

Irene, let's forget it

-forget what?

-you'll marry the engineer Zapiola Urtubey Martinez....

-you're not jealous, are you?

-no, God

be happy and live long

-What's your beef?

come on, spit it out.

-Irene... please

-what are you watching?

leave

-where shall we meet?

-what for?

-So you can air all your objections to my life,

marriage, and everything else in bed

we can share a coffee when we leave

-time?

-the immortals

-the Richmond

-I'm sorry, I can't think of anywhere more sophisticated

-no, Benjamin, somewhere farther away.

what are you doing there watching us?

-sorry, you got a phone call

from the Mala Yunta bar

Pablo Sandoval...

you big motherf***er!

-wash your ass...fag!

-no, no..Benjamin..i told them

i didn't want them to call you

-i told them..don't bother my friend

this is between us

-what kind of a man are you??

f***ing drunk

-it's a nazi, fascist..nazi

-official, I'm from judge house 42

i'll take care of him

-come, come

-he should be in jail

f***ers, you'll know what justice really means

-coat, my coat

-you have it on you

-what time is your wife back at home?

-at 8

-strange, she's not picking up

-my mouth is...dry..

do you have something...for...

-she's not answering, che

leave that

-she won't answer

-why?

-because the phone's not working

-why not? leave that

-i told you a thousand times, Benjamin

i wanted to make a complaint

and you sent me to hell

-that was 6 months ago

-the phone's not been working for a year

f***ers never fixed it

-what a mess, you can't stay here today

leave that. don't touch it

-if you ever call me, you would know that

-stop touching, what are you looking for?

-i wanted to make a complaint

look at me..

you have a chick?

-no, no..what chick

-you have a chick

and I'm leaving.. I dont want you to say:

Sandoval screwed me

god damn it, how many sofas do you have here?

-come, stay calm, come

-i f***ing hit myself

-that's why, relax here

until you're sober

-what time is it?

-There's a clock in the bedroom

-what bedroom? you are

in my house

-yes, we are cool

we are cool

-im going to your house to convince

your wife not to kill you. Be right back

-call her by phone

-didn't you tell me its not working?

-mine doesnt work

but you can use yours

you stay here, calm

dont touch anything

wait for me, I'll be right back

-turn off the lights

-yes

-we are going to catch

this motherf***er

we were working the whole day

-leave it, that's enough

-give me the chance of explain

-ok, but its the last one you get

-truth is you could have also remembered

-show a little pateience, he needs help

-Does he?

-i know, what i meant is

if we help him, we help

all of us

-you dont want him to bother you

-dont tell me that

what's this?

what happened?

-wait, wait

-what happened?

-don't know

-dont scare me

-wait a bit

what, what happened?

this is crazy, crazy

-crazy would be that i can find that one

-you? you are going after him?

-i told my father, he knows

this guy works for Romano

and Romano will not mess with me

-but Jujuy?

-my cousins are powerful there

they won't not dare touch you

there, don't worry

-but what am I going to do

in Jujuy?

-the same you're doing here, signatures

stamps, you have everything ready there

-no, no Irene

i can't, i can't

i have my life here

i have my dad, i have...

i have everything

-what are we going to do?

here...

we..

i mean, you and me

we can't do anything

it's a first draft

I'll make more

your house it's just as I imagined

-really? Like how?

-how do you think?

just like

just like I imagined

-right. but I

I thought your house would be different

-you know my house?

-no, different to this one, I mean

-what are you afraid of

Benjamin?

There's a piece of paper here that says

"i'm afraid". What are you afraid of?

no, no, that was just an exercise I did

to open my imagination. Don't pay any attention to it

ok, so...tell me

-well, it's a book, right?

a book doesn't need to

be true

not even realistic

-yes

no, no..what's not realistic?

-Benjamin, that part when...the

guy goes to Jujuy

The guy's crying is despair

and she's running along the platform

as if she's losing the love of her life

touching their hands through the glass

as if they were a single person

she's crying, as if she knew she

would be fated to suffer a fake love

almost falling on the track, because

she never dared to show her love

-yes..it was like that, no?

if it was..

why didn't you take me with you?

silly

And how does the story continue?

-i dont know, if you want

i can write that the guy...

was counting guanacos in the desert

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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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