Chilling suspense and moving romance in Argentinian masterpiece

The secret is in their eyes was- 2010 year's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie is directed by Juan Jose Campanella, and based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos (The Question in Their Eyes).

Retired legal counsellor (impressively portrayed by Ricardo Darin) is writing a novel hoping to find closure for an unresolved rape and murder case 25 years earlier.

We are taken back to the 70’s and the chilling hunt of a psychopath, leading us onto a dark journey driven by the quest of taking justice too far.

A central part of the drama is also unfulfilled love and Campanella uses the twin genres of the thriller in an excellent and intelligent way.

This is a well written, gripping, emotionally absorbing and beautifully made masterpiece.