This Oscar winning movie will leave you mesmerized and glued to your seat, not allowing you to budge from your place. Just finished watching the movie, I did not know its an Argentinian movie, but realized its true that movies in other languages do not lose their lustre or emotions or effect if you need to watch them with subtitles. This one will leave a long-lasting impression on your mind.
The whole experience left me so shaken that I do not know where to begin writing about it. Right from the beginning, when the brutal rape and murder case of Liliana Coloto comes into picture, Benjamin Esposito the justice agent who is assigned the case has his doubts that the suspects arrested for the case are not the real culprits but a childhood friend of the victim named Gomez. As the story unfolds, how Gomez is caught and at large again, never does the movie lose its pace or passion. How Esposito struggles till the end to gain some closure for this case, which was 25 years ago, how he comes across all the characters in the process of writing his novel.
The apparent physical tension between Esposito and Irene, the train scene and after 25 years how Esposito gets the courage to say what he wanted to long back, to Irene. Pablo discovering from the letters as quoted by him in the movie passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamín learns now that that premise still holds true even for Molares, twist in the tale this one. With an 8.4 IMDB rating, I would strongly recommend to watch this movie! The actors are superb, the direction flawless, the story gripping!
Some likeable quotes from the movie.
Benjamin : Have you ever seen things from a different angle? You see someone else and what the other person is going through helps you see your own life
Pablo: A guy can change anything. His face, his home, his family, his girlfriend, his religion, his God. But there's one thing he can't change. He can't change his passion.
Benjamin: You are better than I am
Molares: What do you care? Its my life, not yours
Benjamin: No Molares, its my life too!Your love for that woman..I never saw it again!In anybody! Nobody! Ever!
Molares:Choose carefully. Memories are all we end up with.At least pick the nice ones.
Irene: Its a novel. It doesnt have to be true or even believable
Benjamin: Yes..No, What? It isnt believable?
Irene: No, Benjamin. That part when the guy leaves for Jujuy..
Benjamin: What's the problem?
Irene: Crying like he's all broken up..So what? Her running on the platform after the man of her dreams..
Benjamin: Well..
Irene: Touching hands through the glass, like they're one. And her crying, as if she knew her fate was mediocrity and never loving anyone, practically falling on the tracks, proclaiming love she'd never had the courage to confess..
Benjamin: Thats what happened, isn't it?
Irene: If that's what happened, why didn't you take me with you?
