2009 · thriller · drama · romance
The Secret in Their Eyes
Directed by Juan José Campanella2h 10m2009
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
Our read: The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
- twisty
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