| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Won | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Argentina. |
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Juan Jose Campanella
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Sony)
(Starz)
A rape and murder that happened over 25 years ago haunts the lives of all involved. An attorney assigned to the case, now retired and writing a book, recalls the event in detail. The film shifts from the past to the present in a rather confusing narrative structure. It tends to get bogged down in the day-to-day relationships in the attorney's office, the central mystery of the story getting lost for long stretches of time. It also seems unnecessarily graphic, did we really need to see the suspect take his pants down? The film does finally gain some momentum in the end when it settles down in the present day, leading to a not unpredictable plot twist.
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