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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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for years

when i came back, i found you

were a prosecutor

married, with two kids.

Want me to write that?

-yes, or that he came back married

to a pretty Jujuy girl

aristocratic

-she was a wonderful girl

it wasn't her fault if

i wasnt able to love her

-what a disgusting ending, this book

-f***ing ending

i don't want to leave everything again

How can I?

how is it possible I don't do anything?

I've been asking myself that for twenty-five years,

and for twenty-five years I've thought-

leave it, it was another life

stop it, don't ask, don't think about it

it wasn't other life

it was this one

it is this one

now i want to understand

how we do it, living an empty life?

how do we live a life

filled with nothing

how do we it?

-no, it's impossible

a waste of time

-you just do it

-change of address? I've had the same adress since

I danced Pata pata

...sorry

Gomez Isidoro, Espora 691

Chivilcoy

-just what i said. his mother's place

-look, Sir. Registering a change of address is a requirement, whether you like it or not

got it?

-yes, now i do

Morales Ricardo.. we have 4

you tell me

-lets search by ID number

what's yours?

-3 million, you?

-200 million, none of your business

we have one 5 and other of 6

here, Morales Ricardo Agustin

he changed his address

in 1975

write it down..

pata pata

who are you looking for?

Morales

how are you?

remember me?

Esposito, from the judge's house

like 25 years ago

what a surprise

-yes, right?

how are you?

-how do you do?

it's been so long

what a big surprise

-yes

come, get it

Can I get you a coffee?

-coffee, of course. you don't drink mate here?

-Here? I'm at the bank all day.

-ah..you're still at the bank

I'll take one coffee

you came right away

-well, yes

i wanted to start over

to leave everything in the past

that's a good thing about the

national bank...

it has branches everywhere.

there's always one that nobody wants

so here i am

I was even promoted, you know

do you remember Liliana?

-yes, of course

and you, how are things with you?

-me, here i am

-i mean, alone?

are you married?

-no..not in fact

i think that for me

at this point life is over

no..i tried, but you know...

it's complicated

i got married

-no way

yes, for a while

but it didn't work

don't know, maybe it was me

it's complicated

-it's complicated

-look at all this work

I can't believe it

i want to be a great writer

yes, but you must work more on it.

It looks like a long memorandum

it's crazy

-it's because I always remembered it

bad done. You really should forget it

you came here because of Gomez, right?

-why because of Gomez?

If the guy was free, he could come after you

no, im not afraid of Gomez

-he might even be dead

-yes, he might be

they came for me, too

-yes, i know

-how do you know?

-i have just read it, they found your friend

Sandoval, poor sap.

You remember him, don't you?

-no, no

-my workmate, from the judge's house

they came for me, didn't find me.

he got it.

-Motherfuckers!

Gomez was never found, right?

-guess

-these guys always get away

you know, i want to ask you something

cause, i don't know how

how did you learn to live without her?

-it's been 25 years, Esposito

-i was sure you wouldnt be able to.

-it's been 25 years, Esposito

-with this guy free, how did you do it?

-its been 25 years

forget it

if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't

be here

remember that?

you owe me one

-i don't know what you want,

don't know what you're talking about

-you say that you did nothing

with this guy free?

-right, i couldnt do anything

-no?

you spend a year searching for him and then you do nothing?

-right, i was after him for a year,

then they got him and set him free

what can i do?

-that's it? it's over?

you spend the rest of your life with stamps?

-look who's talking

-you are better than me

-what do you care?

it's my life, not yours

-no, Morales..it's my life...too

your love for this woman

i never saw the like

from anyone

anyone

never

-get out of my house

now, please

it's my life

not yours

excuse me

i...

it's an old man thing

maybe it is

it's just that i think about it all the time

-Go home, if you want to think about it all the time

Sandoval wasn't killed by Gomez

so?

-Gomez knew us both. If it was him

he would've waited for me

there's something...in my house

there were a couple of pictures of me

when they killed Pablo, Sandoval's

pictures were upside down

all the rest were in order

they hadn't touched anything

i thought..

i think

Is this Esposito?

Can't you hear, a**hole?

Are you Esposito?

-what happened?

-what are you doing?

answer me

what are you doing?

where are you going?

where are you going?

-here

-what are you going to do?

-im going to put on some music

-put on some music?

listen

are you Esposito

or you are not Esposito?

it's me

i feel so embarrassed that i can't

even go to cemetery with some flowers

or maybe it wasn't like that

maybe he went to sleep, and they killed him

just like that, not knowing

And the pictures fell on their own

by chance, some movement

don't know

i think, and think, don't know

what to think

-choose well

all what we have left

is memories

at least, let's have some nice ones

-but there's something i will

never forget

last thing he told me the

night they killed him

dont worry, Benjamin. we'll

catch this motherf***er

and i will.

if he's alive, i will

wait

come in, sit down

dont search anymore

i couldnt go to the ministry. i knew

this guy was untouchable there

but i also knew that, sooner or later

he would come... for you

i got rid of the body and its clear that

nobody missed him too much

Was it worth it?

-I don't think about it anymore

dont think about it anymore

who cares?

my wife is dead

your friend is dead, Gomez is dead

all of them are dead

dont think about it anymore

you will start with..

if i was..if i wasn't.. you will

have a thousand pasts, and no future

dont think about it anymore

believe me

you will only have memories

i owed you one, right?

now we are even

dont think about it anymore

i thought about it so many times

what can I achieve by putting four shots into him?

it's my life, not yours

go to your house if you want to think about it

we are going to catch him

it's been 25 years asking myself about it

it wasnt another life, it was this one

a guy can do everything to change

what can i achieve by putting four shots into him?

but there's one thing he can't change

not him, you, me, anybody, Benjamin

how is it possible to live an empty life?

how can carry on living a life

filled with nothing?

how can we do it?

you know how I f***ed her?

-what retribution?

it's as if that dead woman would

froze him there, forever

my woman is dead, your friend is dead

Gomez is dead, they are all dead

they'd just give him an injection

and he would just fall sleep

nobody, Benjamin

no, i want him to live a long life

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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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