Argentine Movie Series - El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret of Their Eyes)

The Argentine movie series is thrilled to bring you the internationally acclaimed and award-winning film (The Secret of Their Eyes) from the mind of brilliant Argentine film director Juan José Campanella. El secreto de sus ojos will be showing at SFU Harbour Centre in the Earl & Jennie Lohn Policy Room (Room 7000) located on the 7th floor of the building. Movies will be available with English subtitles.

This event is hosted in partnership with the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Vancouver.

For issues with registration, please email Joelle Lee at [email protected] for support.

About the Film

A retired legal counselor begins writing a novel in the hope of finding closure — not only for a haunting, unresolved homicide case from his past, but also for the unspoken love he once held for his superior. Decades later, both wounds remain open, and through his writing he attempts to confront the shadows of memory, loss, and desire.

El secreto de sus ojos is a 2009 Argentine–Spanish crime drama directed, produced, and edited by Juan José Campanella, from a screenplay by Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri, based on Sacheri’s 2005 novel La pregunta de sus ojos. Starring Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, and Guillermo Francella, the film intertwines a gripping M**der mystery with a poignant meditation on justice, memory, and unfulfilled love.

Celebrated worldwide for its taut screenplay, evocative direction, and powerful performances, the film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Oscars and the Goya Award for Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film. It also grossed over $34 million globally, becoming the second highest-grossing Argentine film of all time, behind Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975).

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