Argentine film "The Secret in Their Eyes" (also translated as "Mysterious Eyes") is not so much a crime thriller, to Rather, it is a special drama film. Some people on the Internet classify it as a mystery film. This classification is a bit inexplicable. You can't just look at the title of the classification, just like you can't just look at the movie from a distance.
Because the film was in the process of entering the Olympics, it was harsh based on the so-called "high standards and strict requirements." At first glance, the film’s ambitions are not small, as can be seen from its image style. The overlapping and stretching of virtual and real shadows in the near and far scenes to set off the light and shadow effects of the characters’ mood appears to be quite outstanding. The color shift of other scenes is also Very attentive and useful. However, with more intentions, there will be a trace of deliberateness. However, more importantly, in the two-hour film length, the film wants to discuss a lot of things to express, such as the collision between faith and reality, the entanglement between love and tragedy, the test of friendship and life and death, and Justice and relative justice, memories and relative memories, crime and absolute corruption, etc., seem burdened and time-consuming. Fortunately, I have always been patient in watching movies.
Juan Jose Campanella, one of the film’s directors and screenwriters, is not familiar to many audiences. People who have watched the American drama "Doctor House" have mixed reviews and criticisms for the three episodes he has directed. As far as "Secrets in Their Eyes" is concerned, Campanella is considered a better storyteller, and the overall structure of the film is acceptable. The flashbacks and even the imagination are all interspersed and edited organically, making the plot cohesive properly. There is tension and connotation, so it appears abundant and complicated. In fact, in the final analysis, what is complicated is only the human heart and mood created in the film. In addition, the rhythm of the film is a bit slow, and if it is not the critical moment of the plot, the middle and rear parts will be slightly loose.
Many lines in the film are quite meaningful, they can be separated separately, and they must be combined with the plot before and after the film. For example, the protagonist Benjamin Esposito (played by Ricardo Darling) sighed in his twilight years, "My Life has deviated from the direction.” When looking at the photos of that year, Benjamin was surprised that “I can’t recognize myself, I look like another person.” Another example, Judge Irene, who became a skilled person 25 years later, said thoughtfully: "...It may not be pure justice, but a certain degree of justice." For another example, Morales (played by Pablo Lager) has been guarding after work for a full year since his wife was raped and killed by the murderer. At the train station, just waiting for the murderer to show up, he told Benjamin that he must let himself remember his wife because he was worried that he would forget, "I don't know whether this is a memory or a memory of a memory." Maybe it is. This obsession has made Morales always obsessed with punishing the murderer.
Xu is due to the age of the actor, the main role 25 years later, the old scenes are more exquisite than when they were young, and there are obviously more men's minds than women in this movie. The three main male roles seem to represent different terms at different times. Explanation, such as persistence, friendship, love, loneliness, resentment, lost, punishment, reflection, etc. Among them, the colleague and friend Sandoval (played by Guillermo Francesca) seems to be the hurried and sad back of the era when the military government was in power and the judiciary was blocked. Clear your thoughts, see the case and the incentives of your own emotions. If Morales’ insistence at the time made Benjamin, who was hindered by the investigation, determined to persuade his boss Irene to retry the rape and murder case, then a set of quick clips about Morales’ words and actions in the film, which are about death and The punishment and the four bullet remarks finally made Benjamin aware of the problem.
There is a soothing piano piece at the beginning and end of the film, which seems like a sad temptation at the beginning, and like a parting motto at the end. Sandoval used his life for friendship, Monales used his love for his love, and Benjamin used his recollection to recognize the memories and deviations he had experienced. The secret in their eyes reveals their minds, and the mystery is not the case, but the eyes and minds that are trapped in it. And what kind of way and attitude do you treat your life? Whether it was lost, deviated or lost only after a certain age, perhaps this is the question that the film wants to leave to the audience.
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