interesting films

  • Secret in their Eyes:

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

Plot:

In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamín Espósito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamín, his assistant Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menéndez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamín and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamín and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gómez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gómez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamín learns now that that premise still holds true.


  • Night of the Pencils:

Night of the Pencils is a 1986 Argentine historical drama film directed by Hèctor Olivera

Plot:

The film, based on the actual events recorded in history as the Night of the pencils (La noche de los lápices), tells the story of seven students who, after protesting for lower bus fares for students in the city of La Plata, were abducted in September 1976, during Argentina's last dictatorship (1976 - 1983), and subsequently disappeared. Only one student survived to tell what happened.


  • Matar a Videla:

Julian is a 25 year old young man who wants to commit suicide.

Before ending it, however, he decides to give meaning to what remains of his life. It has a deadline, within seven days it will have to close the outstanding accounts with family, love, work and friends, and leave a legacy: the murder of the genocidal dictator Jorge Rafael Videla. Throughout history Julián will run many risks, but the most difficult challenge will be not to transform himself into the same monster he would like to assassinate.