Behind one of the most shocking movie endings of the year. The secret in their eyes an impressive work of art january 19, 2012 leave a comment the novel is a brilliant psychological thriller and several other things as wella very quiet love story, a narrative of a remarkable friendship between two men, and an exploration of the corruption rampant in argentine politics in the. With chiwetel ejiofor, nicole kidman, julia roberts, dean norris. The film is a joint production of argentine and spanish companies. Set in argentina before and after the period known as the dirty war, this is the story of benjamin chaparro, a retired detective who is writing a book looking back on the investigation of a brutal rape and murder. A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior both of. Primarily, however, the secret in their eyes is a thriller, and here the title refers to the way a suspect gives himself away through the direction of his glance in an old photograph. Julia roberts turns in best performance of her long career. All music movies tv shows books authors games podcasts. I havent seen the original so i cant compare the two movies but knowing hollywoods track record with remakes, the argentinian version would have been a superior production. The secret in their eyes by eduardo sacheri world literature today. Sacheri says that the book is a reflection on punishment.
Secret in their eyes offers itself as a puzzle of mixed motivations, ending with a stinger of a twist, but theres nothing particularly seductive or mysterious about the atmosphere it kicks up. Juan jose campanellas the secret in their eyes, took the foreignfilm trophy for a story about a retired investigator who sets out to solve and write a book about the rape and murder case. If you had to classify the secret in their eyes as anything in particular it would probably be a crime thriller, but it also has helpings of romance, drama and comedy. He enlists the help of former colleague and now judge soledad villamil, for whom he still harbors romantic. Books becoming movies in 2015 40 books that became movies in 2015. Secret in their eyes opens in theaters on october 23. But in morales, sacheri has created an unforgettable character that personifies not only despair but also endurance of a most terrible kind. A smartly done, haunting crime thriller, revolving around a brutal 1974 rapemurder investigation that is reopened 25 years later, the film charts the effect that the unsatisfactory. Parents need to know that secret in their eyes is a thriller about a very personal murder. Julia roberts, nicole kidman and chiwetel ejiofor do a good job as jess, claire and benjamin, respectively. For the 2009 film on which this film was based, see the secret in their eyes. The secret in their eyes surprised many by winning the 2010 academy award for best foreignlanguage film. Secret in their eyes is an americanized remake of the oscarwinning 2009 argentine film the secret in their eyes itself based on eduardo sacheris novel the question in their eyes that looks at issues of morality and ethics in a post911 u. The book was made into a film of the same name that won the 2010 foreign language oscar which, if i remember it correctly was quite faithful to the book, though it had more tension and the ending was more definitive.
Secret in their eyes brings a brutal story to a new home. The character ricardo morales is unique in all literature, and the story is told in a unique way through the eyes of justice officer benjamin chaparro. Nonetheless, the secret in their eyes is a very well written piece of literary crime fiction. Michael hanekes the white ribbon, another considerable film, was thought to be the frontrunner. Secret in their eyes is a prestige noir with mixedup. With their eyes by annie thoms is a book full of monologues from many different people during the tragic day of 911. Readers who first encountered the secret in their eyes as the 2010 academy awardwinning movie based on sacheris novel will once again, in these pages, observe grief made terrifyingly visible. Secret in their eyes is a dark and disturbing psychological thriller. Alternating between past and present, the secret in their eyes tells the story of a 1974 brutal rapemurder of a beautiful twentythree year. The oscar for the best foreign film of 2010 was awarded to a movie of the same title roughly based on the novel. Secret in their eyes a superb supporting turn by julia roberts is the most welcome revelation of this clever but workmanlike englishlanguage remake. Movies based on books when you love a book, few things are more exciting or more nerveracking than seeing it turned into a movie. You might also like similar movies to the secret in their eyes, like solace.
To make things even crazier, the murder suspect is set free, and while secret in their eyes isnt a true story, the movies intense chain of events are inspired by unique blend of truth and fiction. The story follows a former fbi agent who, after years, has tracked down the killer of his best friends daughter and seeks. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Chiwetel ejiofor and nicole kidman in secret in their eyes. The secret in her eyes isnt, in fact, as good as either the white ribbon or a prophet, but it is a supremely watchable, wellmade and wellacted movie with a dark, sinewy sense of history.
For a film based primarily around the solving of a murder, its not afraid to be lighthearted when required, and there are a few very funny running jokes throughout the broken. The secret in their eyes by eduardo sacheri goodreads. Eduardo sacheris incomparable novel, the secret in their eyes, proves him right. Sharing his plans with irene soledad villamil, the beautiful judge and. On paper, secret in their eyes is straight out of a pulpy detective novel. The academy did a good thing when it reformed the foreignlanguage film voting, requiring all voters to see all five finalists. In 2015, ray is based in new york, working security for the mets, and. Secret in their eyes is a fairly engrossing thriller. The secret in their eyes also reminded me a little of the girl with the dragon tattoo, but much less meanspirited. Theres violent imagery, including a dead body and some chasing, beating, and intense fighting, with a little blood shown. The secret of their eyes vfx breakdown huracan part1 duration. The quest to find 12 hidden treasures from a 1982 treasure. These monologues are from the view of a high school located at ground zero.
The protagonist, benjamin chaparro, retires from his work in the investigative court and sets out to write a book based on an unsolved case that torments him. Read the secret in their eyes and your idea of justice will be taken to a higher level. In fact, secret in their eyes was based on a previous work, but it wasnt a book. The book is also an investigation into the problems of writing a novel, especially when so much of it is based on the past, yet a past that still. Rent secret in their eyes 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd. Unfortunately, this is indicative of the rather contrived plotting that plays a part in undermining this classily made picture. It seemed like a normal day to the students at stuyvesant high school. The secret in their eyes by eduardo sacheri follows criminal court investigator benjamin chaparro, as he retires and types up the story of his most memorable casethe murder of a young school teacher, liliana colotto, whose unexpected killing leaves her banker husband. The secret in their eyes received the best foreign language oscar but theres no chance for this production to be even nominated in any oscar categories. The secret in their eyes bears the mark of that experience, albeit with soupedup production values and a featurelength format.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. But no one is prepared for the shocking and unspeakable secret that follows. For the crime will be solved within a couple of years in an intricate sequence of thrilling scenes but three decades will pass before chaparro finally discovers the astonishing form that justice has taken. The 1982 treasure hunt book, the secret, has clues to 12 hidden gems. A tightknit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered. Watch julia roberts remake an oscarwinning movie in first. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. The main character is a flawed individual who is at times bland. The secret in their eyes, by eduardo sacheri fiction. This is not the kind of movie i usually go for, but i am so glad that i saw it.