Benjamín Esposito

Benjamín Esposito is the main protagonist from the 2009 Argentine film The Secret In Their Eyes. He is an officer who investigates of the murder and rape of Liliana Colotto de Morales with Pablo Sandoval, Ricardo Morales and Irene Menendez Hastings in 1974, at the time of the Argentine dictatorship. Twenty-five years later, Esposito finally discovers what happened to the murderer.
He was portrayed by Ricardo Darín.
==Biography==
In 1999, Benjamín Esposito is a retired officer who narrates the case of the murder and rape of Liliana Colotto de Morales twenty-five years ago. Benjamín´s rival, Romano, accuses two parsleys as the culprits of the murder, which enrages Esposito and threatens to report him, starting a feud.
A few days later, with the help of Liliana's husband, Ricardo, they find a new suspect call Isidoro Gómez, that he was the victim's boyfriend in adolescence and now lives in Buenos Aires. Esposito goes to his house, but does not find anyone, since Gómez knows that they are looking for him. Esposito later goes Gómez Mother's home, stealing some notes to find a clue.
Esposito discovers that Gómez is a fan of the Racing Club de Avellaneda soccer club. Esposito and Sandoval go to the stadium of Club Atletico Huracan, who is facing Racing. After Racing scores a goal, the duo finally find Gomez and chase him around the stadium until they capture him.
Esposito and Liliana finally manage to prove Gómez's guilt, but incredibly, Romano lets him go free, since he provided information about the guerrillas and they hired him as a hit man (since Argentina was going through the worst political situation at that time, on the brink of a dictatorship). Esposito later discovers Sandoval's murder, which causes him to go into exile to Jujuy, saying goodbye to Irene.
Coming back to the present, Esposito goes to Ricardo's new house, who tells Esposito that he "killed" Gómez in the trunk of his car, so he no longer has to look for him. Esposito goes in his car, reflexing on everything that happened. Esposito decides to go back to Ricardo's house, where he meets Gómez again, locked up, old and almost unable to speak. Ricardo mentions that that was what he wanted, to be given a life sentence. Given this, Esposito finally leaves the place, leaving the past behind forever.
Benjamín then meets Irene again, who asks him to close the door, finally closing the case.
==Personality==
Benjamín is a somewhat cold and distant person, but he is always willing to help others. He wants to catch Liliana's killer at all costs and will stop at nothing to find him, sometimes even resorting to illegal methods, like breaking into Gómez's mother's house just to get some notes and clues about the killer. He too he tends to get enraged when things don't go as he expects. Above all, Esposito's biggest problem is his inability to put the past behind him, since even twenty-five years after the murder, he still wants to catch Gómez, preventing him from continuing with his normal life.
In spite of all this, Esposito is loyal to his companions and cares a lot for them, he despises the dictatorship for the horrible things they did in the country, he gets very angry when Romano uses two parsleys as scapegoats, he deeply regrets the death of his best friend Sandoval, and he is also in love with Irene, but they cannot establish a love relationship due to Benjamín's desire to catch Liliana's murderer, and it is only twenty-five years later that Esposito can finally establish a love relationship with her.
==Gallery==
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Esposito 3.jpg|Esposito saying goodbye to Irene.
==Trivia==
*His lastname, Esposito, means a child who has been abandoned or exposed.
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