The Secret in Their Eyes
An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder.With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
- Director
- Juan José Campanella
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $34M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
12 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Secret in Their Eyes actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Secret in Their Eyes appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #16
Placed at #16 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #27
Placed at #27 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best International Feature Film
European Film Award for Best Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Secret in Their Eyes returned 17.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Aug 13, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Argentina, Spain
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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