This Argentinian film, The Secret in Their Eyes, a crime thriller took the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009.To me, this movie is about the choices people make in their lives. Benjamin Espisito seems to struggle with events that happened in his past, 25 years ago, a crime he came to investigate with his then boss, Judge Irene. He starts to write about these events and reconnects with Irene, ostensibly to seek her advice, but ultimately to find some closure. A complicating factor is that at that time, and it seems 25 years later, he was/is in love with her.
Through a series of flashbacks, we see that Benjamin felt he made the best choice he could by not trying to start anything with Irene 25 years ago, she was engaged at the time. Although they both seemed to be in love with each other then, they were not able to fully act on this. It was complicated. At the end of the movie, we still see that life is complicated but in spite of this, they appear to be ready to start something this time, ready to move on with their lives.
Go for it guys! I love happy endings.
