El Secreto de Sus Ojos (original title - so yes, this is a sub-titled film) is a great film from Argentina. It won the foreign film Oscar last year, and that's OK. I don't think it was the BEST foreign film, but this at least is the type of film that makes sense for the Academy to select. (I feel that both La Nana and A Prophet were better films. However, Secret is more accessible and more of a crowd pleaser.)
I had heard several times that this was a boring film with a slow pace. Well, it really worked for me. I feel this falls in the mystery / thriller category, but the nature of love and what you make of your life are also big themes here.
The movie is centered around a murder that occurred in the 70's. A court deputy, his assistant and his boss (a younger female) are all drawn into the investigation and the politics surrounding it. For one reason or another, the murder is not really solved - not in a satisfactory way. The movie moves back and forth between 1999 and the time of the murder, with the deputy meeting frequently with his former boss. She is now a judge. The past and the present are very much an issue with both of them - not just in terms of the murder, but in terms of what they have done with their lives in the interim.
I liked this. If you liked Lives of Others, pick this one up.
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