Argentina: The Secret in Their Eyes …Nice

In 1999 , Benjamin Esposito ( Ricardo Darin ), a retired bailiff, decides to write a novel about a murder occurred in 1974 , whose research was involved. Here is a true flashback : in June 1974, Benjamin Esposito, begins investigating the murder of a young woman, Liliana Colotto Morales ( Carla Quevedo ), brutally raped and murdered in her house in a neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires . Her husband, now a widower, Ricardo Morales ( Pablo Rago ) is devastated by the news; Esposito
promises to find the murderer and bring him to justice. This is helped by his assistant alcoholic , Pablo Sandoval ( Guillermo Francella ), and newcomer Irene Menéndez-Hastings ( Soledad Villamil ), a young upper class is the new head of the department. Esposito’s opponent in court, Romano, two workers accused immigrants to dispose of the matter, which angers Esposito after seeing that both were tortured to plead guilty and faces Romano in a rage.

Soon, Esposito finds a clue to look at some old pictures of the murdered girl, you were given by Morales: in many of the photos just a man, identified as Isidoro Gómez ( Javier Godino ), who looked at the victim suspiciously . Gómez Esposito investigates and determines who lives and works in Buenos Aires, but can not locate it. Esposito and Sandoval illegally enter the house of the mother of Gomez in Chivilcoy , the city where he was born not only him but also the late wife of Morales. During the raid found the suspect letters he wrote to his mother. Sandoval steals, Esposito learns when they go back. Back in the Federal Capital , the “visit” only causes problems with his superiors, and fail to get any evidence on the cards. In addition, Gomez remains at large due to careless phone call to his mother by Morales, who desperately wanted to find the murderer of his wife. After these events, investigating the killing of the young is closed.

Later, in 1975 , Morales Esposito is a train station in Retiro and discovers that for a whole year Morales had been going to various train stations in Maharashtra to try to find Gómez when he returns from work. Moved by determining Morales and love it for its late wife, Irene Esposito manages to convince you reopen the investigation. While getting drunk in a bar, Sandoval makes a discovery: an acquaintance of bar identifies several names mentioned in the letters without connection
apparently as players football belonging to Racing Club de Avellaneda . After identifying it as fanatic Racing, Esposito and Sandoval are going to a game between the equipment and Hurricane , hoping to find Gomez. In one memorable scene filmed at the stadium of the latter team , they locate in the crowd, but one goal sudden cause enough commotion to flee. A chase begins in Gomez almost escapes, but is eventually caught with the assistance of the police when he accidentally gets into the middle of the football field. Esposito and Irene then they undergo a false and illegal interrogation at the office, which manages Irene Gomez confesses the crime after injuring his male pride. Gomez is tried and convicted, but barely a month after Romano, rival Esposito, manages to free the murderer and hires him as a hired killer right faction of the Peronist Party to avenge Esposito. Esposito and Irene try to reverse this, but the intervention of Romano does not allow it. A Esposito touches
the hard task of informing Morales that the murderer of his wife will free data that devastates the man.

Weeks later, Sandoval gets drunk and fight with another man at the bar he frequents and Esposito takes it to his own apartment, while he goes to find the woman of his friend. When Esposito returns with Sandoval’s wife to her apartment, found the door forced, photos Turned and Sandoval shot and killed in his room. Esposito then concludes that Romano sent murderers hired to try to kill him and at finding Sandoval, he turned the photos and be Esposito lied to save his friend. Fearing for his life, Esposito is forced into exile in Jujuy with cousins Irene to avoid the murderers of Romano. This leaves the city and living in Jujuy for 10 years before returning to Buenos Aires in 1985 to find Gómez gone, Romano killed during the dictatorship of 1976 and Irene married with two children.

Returning to 1999 (where the story is told) and trying to make sense of the case, Esposito goes to visit Morales, who moved in 1975 to an isolated house on the outskirts of the Province of Buenos Aires . During the visit, the two discussed a number of events that occurred during and after the event, but Morales goes awry after Esposito asked him how did you deal with the death of his wife, and even more injustice with which he ended his cause. Because Esposito after learning that Gomez
had ended as a bodyguard for Isabel Peron , the latter is not seen again. Morales tells Esposito that he had already been charged with kidnapping and tirotearlo Gomez in the trunk of his car. As such, Esposito is removed. But on closer reflection guided by memories, stops the car and field is directed through, back to the house of Morales. He did it to remember what Sandoval had said: “No one can change passion.”

Esposito had understood the desire Morales Gomez suffered a timeless stay in prison, and did not save instantly with death. It came to the conclusion that it was impossible for the victim he “had indulged” his assailant. After waiting until nightfall, located Morales entering a small barn with a plate of small pieces of bread. Esposito forward and look behind the door: Morales takes this dish to a cell whose darkness comes a decrepit man, who happens to be -old and maltrecho- Gomez murderer, whom Morales has kept prisoner and nurtured for 25 years, during which never once said a word. Gomez, in his cell, Esposito approaches and begs me to ask Morales “that speaks”. Morales, seriously, simply tell Esposito: “You said life”, referring to the promise of imprisoning the latter had done.

Back in Capital Federal, Esposito visits the grave of Sandoval for the first time. Then he goes to the office of Irene, ready to confess his love, which she had always expected of him. Smiling and excited, the two new lovers come into her office and closed the door.

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