Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five year old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him. Sharing his plans with Irene, the beautiful judge and former colleague he has secretly been in love with for years, Benjamin's initial involvement with the case is shown through flashbacks, as he sets out to identify the murderer.
But Benjamin's search for the truth will put him at the center of a judicial nightmare, as the mystery of the heinous crime continues to unfold in the present, testing the limits of a man seeking justice and personal fulfillment at last.
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Country: Argentina
Language: Spanish, with English subtitles
Rating: R
Sunday, September 5, 7:30 pm (Closing Gala)
Best Foreign Language Film, 2010 Academy Awards
Goya Awards for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film and for Best New Actress
Official Selection, San Sebastian Film Festival
"It's powerfully and richly imagined: a genre-busting movie that successfully combines the utmost in romanticism with the utmost in realism."
David Denby, The New Yorker
"...a complete, engrossing, lovingly crafted film."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
