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2010 Movies That I've Seen (82 movies items)"As Michael Phillips noted on Filmspotting, it's like the greatest possible episode of Law & Order: Buenos Aires. I like it a lot, but there's something sloppy about it that I can't quite place. Still worth a watch."
Roger Ebert's favorite movies (2010) (56 movies items)"Note: This 2009 film from Argentina won the Academy Award for best foreign film of 2010. But it opened in 2010 in the U.S., and so certainly qualifies. It spans the years between 1974 and 2000 in Buenos Aries, as a woman who is a judge and a man who is a retired criminal investigator meet after 26 years. In 1974 they were associated on a case of rape and murder, and the man still believes the wrong men were convicted of the crime. The whole case is bound up in the right wing regime of those days"
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“The Secret in Their Eyes is a masterfully crafted film about some very big ideas, namely about the value of human life, how we measure that value, who determines that value, and how it is best fulfilled. Of course we are not beat over the head with this message, nor does the director make obvious statements regarding his position (because as I said, it's MASTERFULLY crafted) but when we find ourselves moved by this film (and you truly will, over and over again) it usually has to do with this theme. We are presented with two different but not seperate story archs that take place in Argentina at two different times (1974 and 2000-ish). One story follows the brutal, unsolved rape/murder of a 23 year-old woman, her investigation, and the grief of her adoring and devoted widower. The other, and” read more
My Movie Diary 2010 (365 movies items)"Aug.28 Foreign Oscar hit is a deeply layered murder mystery written with absolute grace and never at any time, seemed under pressure."
