Synopsis

Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin, decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five year old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him. Sharing his plans with Irene, the beautiful judge and former colleague he has secretly been in love with for years, Benjamin’s initial involvement with the case is shown through flashbacks, as he sets out to identify the murderer. But Benjamin’s search for the truth will put him at the center of a judicial nightmare, as the mystery of the heinous crime continues to unfold in the present, testing the limits of a man seeking justice and personal fulfillment at last.

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Film Information

• Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Suspense/Thriller
• Director: Juan José Campanella
• Written By: Juan José Campanella
• Starring: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia, Carla Quevedo, Bárbara Palladino, and Rudy Romano
• Running Time: 120 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for a rape scene, violent images, some graphic nudity and language
• Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
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Reviews

"It’s powerfully and richly imagined: a genre-busting movie that successfully combines the utmost in romanticism with the utmost in realism."

   - David Denby, The New Yorker

"Juan Jose Campanella is the writer-director, and here is a man who creates a complete, engrossing, lovingly crafted film. He is filled with his stories. The Secret in Their Eyes is a rebuke to formula screenplays. We grow to know the characters, and the story pays due respect to their complexities and needs."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Director Juan José Campanella weaves together two love stories--between the victim and her husband, and the investigator and his former boss (Soledad Villamil)--and creates some masterful set pieces; his breathless chase through a packed soccer stadium is a marvel of choreography and top-notch CGI."

   - Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

"What are the odds that the year's most compelling mystery would end up hanging its hat on the year's richest love story"

   - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"The wonder is that the film balances its many genres, from the thorns of murder to the bloom of romance to the thickets of politics, with such easy grace."

   - Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Showtimes

• Friday, July 9th
  4:30 pm, 7:15 pm
• Saturday, July 10th
  11:30 am, 2:15 pm, 5:00 pm
• Sunday, July 11th
  1:00 pm
• Monday, July 12th
  2:15 pm, 5:00 pm
• Tuesday, July 13th
  4:30 pm, 7:15 pm
• Wednesday, July 14th
  4:30 pm, 7:15 pm
• Thursday, July 15th
  5:00 pm
• Friday, July 16th
  4:30 pm
• Saturday, July 17th
  1:45 pm, 4:30 pm
• Sunday, July 18th
  11:00 am, 1:45 pm
• Monday, July 19th
  5:30 pm
• Tuesday, July 20th
  5:30 pm
• Wednesday, July 21st
  5:30 pm
• Thursday, July 22nd
  5:30 pm