The Girl With The Secret In Her Eyes.

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2016)

Hearing about the UK release of the US remake of the Oscar winning Argentinean Noir,I discovered that the BBC were going to show the original 2009 version.With having been interested in seeing the title for a good while,I decide that it was time to find the secret in their eyes.
The plot-
1999:
Retiring from a law firm, BenjamÃ­n Esposito decides to write a true crime novel about a case that has troubled him for decades.Writing the manuscript, Esposito starts remembering details from the Liliana Coloto case of 1974.Completeing the first draft, Esposito decides to meet Judge Irene MenÃ©ndez Hastings for the first time in 20 years.Surprised by Esposito's return,Hastings starts to talk to him about details of the case.
1974:
Arriving to the Coloto crime scene with his assistant Pablo Sandoval and new recruit Hastings,Esposito finds Coloto's husband Ricardo Morales devastated by the killing of Coloto.Taken by the passion in Morales eyes,Esposito promises that he will dedicate everything he has to catching the killer.As they start to build a profile of the killer,Esposito,Sandoval and Hastings catch the eyes of the secret police.
View on the film:
Switching between the 70's and late 90's,co-writer/(along with Eduardo Sacheri) editor/director Juan JosÃ© Campanella fogs Esposito memories with crumbling yellows and greens,which along with stylishly revealing the fading clarity of memory,also dipping the title into grime covered Film Noir,where the curling wallpaper is being pasted with decay.Shining light over the clear memories of Esposito & Hastings in the present, Campanella & cinematographer FÃ©lix Monti pull open the corruption and identity of the killer with crystallised vision,from a dazzling tracking shot (which took 9 days to shoot!) locating the murderer,to murky,tightly held low-lit shots exposing the Film Noir world being soaked with corruption.
Taking place just as the 1974-1983 Process of National Reorganization/"Social Cleansing" began (which led an est 7000- 30,000 people being killed)the screenplay by Campanella and Sacheri brilliantly cast shadows of fear and dread across the film,as Esposito, Hastings and Morales find themselves in a stark Neo-Noir landscape,where double-dealing cops and death squads try to keep their dealings underground.Based on Sacheri's pulp novel,the writers thread the horrific history of Argentina with a thrilling Film Noir atmosphere,which spills across the title as Esposito makes a pledge to catch the killer.Keeping the mystery bubbling away,the writers place each piece of the mystery down with coiled tension,which is gradually released in order to unveil deliciously macabre eyes.
Standing firm over the passage of time,the elegant Soledad Villamil gives a graceful performance as Hastings,with Villamil keeping Hastings level-headed whilst playfully developing a closeness with Esposito.Taking a close look at all the clues, Ricardo DarÃ­n gives a superb performance as Esposito,thanks to DarÃ­n digging into the thought process of Esposito looks for the secret in their eyes.