“Goyo” is an Argentine film written and directed by Marcos Canevale. It stars Nicolás Furtado, Nancy Dupláa and Soledad Villamil.
“Goyo”, an Argentine film available for streaming on Netflix, is a touching romantic story that arrives straight at your heart. The movie is characterized by a well-crafted script, proficient direction, and most notably, two central characters who make an indelible impression on viewers. Its simplicity and the bare honesty of characters are the movie’s standout features, making it a refreshingly straightforward portrayal of Asperger’s syndrome.
Meet the Characters
The movie’s plot revolves around Goyo, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, who works as a guide in a museum in Argentina’s capital. His co-worker, Eva, is a few years older security guard who leads a complex life, dealing with a violent husband and two teenage kids. Goyo, an avid art lover, particularly fond of painting, invites Eva into his life,...
“Goyo”, an Argentine film available for streaming on Netflix, is a touching romantic story that arrives straight at your heart. The movie is characterized by a well-crafted script, proficient direction, and most notably, two central characters who make an indelible impression on viewers. Its simplicity and the bare honesty of characters are the movie’s standout features, making it a refreshingly straightforward portrayal of Asperger’s syndrome.
Meet the Characters
The movie’s plot revolves around Goyo, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, who works as a guide in a museum in Argentina’s capital. His co-worker, Eva, is a few years older security guard who leads a complex life, dealing with a violent husband and two teenage kids. Goyo, an avid art lover, particularly fond of painting, invites Eva into his life,...
- 7/5/2024
- by Martha O'Hara
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Buenos Aires-based Meikincine has swooped on international sales rights to “The Extortion,” the biggest Argentine box office hit to date of 2023, in a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America.
“The Extortion” is backed by a pedigreed combo of Particular Crowd, Oscar winner Juan José Campanella’s 100 Bars, “Argentina, 1985” producer Infinity Hill and producer-service company Cimarrón Cine.
Headlined by Guillermo Francella, memorable in Campanella’s Academy Award winning “The Secret in Their Eyes” and star of Pablo Trapero’s “The Clan,” “The Extortion” turns on Alejandro, a pilot with a secret. Blackmailed by sinister intelligence service agents, he is plunged into a world of intrigue and corruption from which he will battle to escape alive.
Inspired by a true life Argentine crime story, “The Extortion” marks the second feature from Martino Zaidelis (“Re Loca”). Released April 6 in theaters in Argentina by Warner Bros., “The Extortion” scored 418,535 admissions last month, a...
“The Extortion” is backed by a pedigreed combo of Particular Crowd, Oscar winner Juan José Campanella’s 100 Bars, “Argentina, 1985” producer Infinity Hill and producer-service company Cimarrón Cine.
Headlined by Guillermo Francella, memorable in Campanella’s Academy Award winning “The Secret in Their Eyes” and star of Pablo Trapero’s “The Clan,” “The Extortion” turns on Alejandro, a pilot with a secret. Blackmailed by sinister intelligence service agents, he is plunged into a world of intrigue and corruption from which he will battle to escape alive.
Inspired by a true life Argentine crime story, “The Extortion” marks the second feature from Martino Zaidelis (“Re Loca”). Released April 6 in theaters in Argentina by Warner Bros., “The Extortion” scored 418,535 admissions last month, a...
- 5/17/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — Ever incorporating ever bigger titles to its slate, Latido Films has boarded the Viacom-backed, Telefe co-produced “El Robo del Siglo” (“The Theft of the Century”), acquiring international rights outside the U.S. to a title which is shaping up as one of Argentina’s biggest bows of early 2020.
Multiple factors elevate it to that category.
“El Robo” is based on Argentina’s most celebrated heist ever, as true crime booms in Argentina. It stars a powerful cast, led by Guillermo Francella (“The Secret in Their Eyes” and “The Clan”) and Diego Peretti (“En terapia”).
“The Theft of the Century” is also produced by Az Films, MarVista Ent., Viacom International Studios (Vis) and Telefe, with DirectTV in associate production.
Viacom-owned Telefe has backed and promoted most of Argentina’s big hits this last decade, including “The Secret in Their Eyes” and “Wild Tales.”
Headed by Alex Zito, and...
Multiple factors elevate it to that category.
“El Robo” is based on Argentina’s most celebrated heist ever, as true crime booms in Argentina. It stars a powerful cast, led by Guillermo Francella (“The Secret in Their Eyes” and “The Clan”) and Diego Peretti (“En terapia”).
“The Theft of the Century” is also produced by Az Films, MarVista Ent., Viacom International Studios (Vis) and Telefe, with DirectTV in associate production.
Viacom-owned Telefe has backed and promoted most of Argentina’s big hits this last decade, including “The Secret in Their Eyes” and “Wild Tales.”
Headed by Alex Zito, and...
- 12/3/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Business continues after strong response to The Sleepwalkers and Chilean drama Los Fuertes.
Buenos Aires-based boutique sales agency Meikincine has announced key Asian deals on its slate trio of When You No Longer Love Me, Delfín, and Witch.
The company led by Lucia Meik and Julia Meik licensed Japanese rights during Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) to Interfilm Co on Marcelo Páez Cubells’ Witch (Bruja). After the festival it struck deals with Benchmark Films for Taiwan on Igor Legarreta’s drama When You No Longer Love Me (Cuando Dejes De Quererme), and Beijing Hualu Newmedia for China on Gaspar Scheuer’s Delfín.
Buenos Aires-based boutique sales agency Meikincine has announced key Asian deals on its slate trio of When You No Longer Love Me, Delfín, and Witch.
The company led by Lucia Meik and Julia Meik licensed Japanese rights during Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) to Interfilm Co on Marcelo Páez Cubells’ Witch (Bruja). After the festival it struck deals with Benchmark Films for Taiwan on Igor Legarreta’s drama When You No Longer Love Me (Cuando Dejes De Quererme), and Beijing Hualu Newmedia for China on Gaspar Scheuer’s Delfín.
- 9/20/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In Trainwreck, Tilda Swinton steals every scene she’s in as Dianna, the editor of a crude men’s magazine and boss to Amy Schumer’s semi-autobiographical character. When the film premiered last month, many expressed surprise upon learning that it was actually Swinton — she’s virtually unrecognizable in the role. Seeing it, I was reminded of her equally stellar turn in another train-related movie: as Minister Mason in last summer’s Snowpiercer. I still haven’t forgiven the Academy for failing to recognize Swinton’s work in that film — and, incredibly, she might never have had the opportunity to play the role in the first place. In Snowpiercer‘s source material, the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, Minister Mason was a male character; but when Swinton expressed interest in the film, director Bong Joon Ho gender-flipped the role so that she could play it.
The move represents but one marker in a growing trend.
The move represents but one marker in a growing trend.
- 8/27/2015
- by Adrienne Ryan
- AreYouScreening.com
Channel 4 series Utopia and Educating Yorkshire were among the winners at this year's International Emmys.
The awards were presented at a ceremony in New York last night (November 24) by Matt Lucas.
The Dennis Kelly-created thriller won the Drama Series category, beating The Tunnel, Chilean series Prófugos and Japanese series Yae's Sakura.
The Tunnel redeemed itself by winning Best Performance by an Actor, picked up by Stephen Dillane who played Dci Karl Roebuck in the 10-part drama, which aired on Sky Atlantic in the UK last year.
Elsewhere, Educating Yorkshire was named best Non-scripted Entertainment, while Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner received the 2014 International Emmy Founders Award.
See the full list of nominees and winners below:
Arts Programming
The Exhibition (Canada) - Winner!
El Informe Kliksberg II - El otro me importa (Argentina)
Nonfiction W: Picture Book Touch, Feel, and Fragility (Japan)
Wagnerwahn - Mythos und Machenschaften des Richard Wagner...
The awards were presented at a ceremony in New York last night (November 24) by Matt Lucas.
The Dennis Kelly-created thriller won the Drama Series category, beating The Tunnel, Chilean series Prófugos and Japanese series Yae's Sakura.
The Tunnel redeemed itself by winning Best Performance by an Actor, picked up by Stephen Dillane who played Dci Karl Roebuck in the 10-part drama, which aired on Sky Atlantic in the UK last year.
Elsewhere, Educating Yorkshire was named best Non-scripted Entertainment, while Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner received the 2014 International Emmy Founders Award.
See the full list of nominees and winners below:
Arts Programming
The Exhibition (Canada) - Winner!
El Informe Kliksberg II - El otro me importa (Argentina)
Nonfiction W: Picture Book Touch, Feel, and Fragility (Japan)
Wagnerwahn - Mythos und Machenschaften des Richard Wagner...
- 11/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Film Sharks International has licensed Papers In The Wind to Disney in a pan-Latin American deal.
Guido Rud plans a work-in-progress screening at next month’s Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires.
Juan Taratuto will direct from a screenplay that The Secret In Their Eyes screenwriter Eduardo Sacheri has adapted from his own novel.
Papers In The Wind (Papeles En El Viento) is a comedy about three men who take care of their recently deceased friend’s daughter and try to turn his investment in a football player into a lucrative piece of business.
Diego Peretti, Pablo Rago, Pablo Echarri and Diego Torres star.
“We are so happy being on board on this film, which has so much international crossover potential and layers comedy, thriller, love and passion,” said Rud.
Guido Rud plans a work-in-progress screening at next month’s Ventana Sur market in Buenos Aires.
Juan Taratuto will direct from a screenplay that The Secret In Their Eyes screenwriter Eduardo Sacheri has adapted from his own novel.
Papers In The Wind (Papeles En El Viento) is a comedy about three men who take care of their recently deceased friend’s daughter and try to turn his investment in a football player into a lucrative piece of business.
Diego Peretti, Pablo Rago, Pablo Echarri and Diego Torres star.
“We are so happy being on board on this film, which has so much international crossover potential and layers comedy, thriller, love and passion,” said Rud.
- 11/9/2014
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Josh Thomas. Please Like Me has been nominated for best comedy at the 2014 International Emmy® Awards.
Produced by Pigeon Fancier Productions, John & Josh International and the ABC, the show will compete with South Africa.s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, Brazil.s The Mayor´s Wife and Belgium.s What if? season 2.
Nominations were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories. For the first time, the International Academy is recognizing programs from the Us. Winners will be announced on November 24 Us time in a ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the Us.
Among the contenders are The Tunnel and Utopia for best drama, The Tunnel.s Stephen Dillane for best actor and Broadchurch.s Olivia Colman for best actress.
Produced by Pigeon Fancier Productions, John & Josh International and the ABC, the show will compete with South Africa.s Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola, Brazil.s The Mayor´s Wife and Belgium.s What if? season 2.
Nominations were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories. For the first time, the International Academy is recognizing programs from the Us. Winners will be announced on November 24 Us time in a ceremony at the Hilton New York Hotel. Nominations span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the Us.
Among the contenders are The Tunnel and Utopia for best drama, The Tunnel.s Stephen Dillane for best actor and Broadchurch.s Olivia Colman for best actress.
- 10/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
An Adventure in Space and Time and Broadchurch's Olivia Colman are amongst the nominations for the 2014 International Emmy Awards.
The Doctor Who biopic and the British actress are amongst those shortlisted for the prestigious awards, which feature nominees from 19 countries.
An Adventure In Space And Time competes in the TV movie/miniseries category with Alexander and Other Heroes (Brazil), Radio (Japan) and Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter/Generation War: The Motion Comic (Germany).
Colman is amongst the nominees in the best actress category for her performance in ITV's Broadchurch. Also nominated is Tuba Büyüküstün in 20 Dakika/20 Minutes (Turkey), Romina Gaetani in Televisión por la Justicia (Argentina) and Bianca Krijgsman in De Nieuwe Wereld/The New World (Netherlands).
Educating Yorkshire is amongst the nominees for non-scripted entertainment, alongside MasterChef China (People's Republic of China), Missie Mosango (Belgium) and O Infiltrado (Brazil).
Recently-cancelled Channel 4 drama Utopia competes against Prófugos (Chile), The Tunnel...
The Doctor Who biopic and the British actress are amongst those shortlisted for the prestigious awards, which feature nominees from 19 countries.
An Adventure In Space And Time competes in the TV movie/miniseries category with Alexander and Other Heroes (Brazil), Radio (Japan) and Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter/Generation War: The Motion Comic (Germany).
Colman is amongst the nominees in the best actress category for her performance in ITV's Broadchurch. Also nominated is Tuba Büyüküstün in 20 Dakika/20 Minutes (Turkey), Romina Gaetani in Televisión por la Justicia (Argentina) and Bianca Krijgsman in De Nieuwe Wereld/The New World (Netherlands).
Educating Yorkshire is amongst the nominees for non-scripted entertainment, alongside MasterChef China (People's Republic of China), Missie Mosango (Belgium) and O Infiltrado (Brazil).
Recently-cancelled Channel 4 drama Utopia competes against Prófugos (Chile), The Tunnel...
- 10/13/2014
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: New York-based festival veteran Laurence Asseraf is launching the invite-only Be Film International Features Festival as a platform to enable global films to find Us distribution.
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
- 9/30/2014
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New York-based festival veteran Laurence Asseraf is launching the invite-only Be Film International Features Festival as a platform to enable global films to find Us distribution.
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
This year’s inaugural event runs from October 24-26 in New York and will feature global films with a focus on Argentina.
“What we are trying to accomplish here, is bring home, in an intimate, relaxed, but highly professional setting certain foreign films that might have escaped the eyes of Us distributors while on their tour to all major festivals abroad,” said Asseraf (pictured).
“I knew Argentina very well since I lived there as a child,” said the French industry veteran, who also founded Be Film The Underground Film Festival. “Their cinema is very European and speaks to the world.”
The Argentinian Consulate will sponsor the opening night reception.
The line-up of screenings includes:
Muerte En Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Natalia Meta’s 1980s set mystery-drama in Buenos Aires starring [link=nm...
- 9/30/2014
- by [email protected] (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Check out this fun trailer for the CG animated feature film called Metegol or Foosball in English. The film comes from Academy award winner Juan J. Campanella (The Secret in Their Eyes and episodes of House and 30 Rock). The story is built around the great sport of Foosball! I used to play Foosball all the time, but the sport just got too intense and crazy for me, so I had to give it up for the greater good. Or maybe the Foosball table broke and I just never bothered to fix it or get a new one.
The movie may not be a Pixar or DreamWorks Animation film, but it still looks entertaining. Here's the synopsis:
Metegol, also known as Foosball and Futbolín (Spanish Title), is an upcoming 3D CG animated film directed by Academy award winner Juan J. Campanella (Juan José Campanella) of “The Secret in Their Eyes” (El secreto de sus ojos...
The movie may not be a Pixar or DreamWorks Animation film, but it still looks entertaining. Here's the synopsis:
Metegol, also known as Foosball and Futbolín (Spanish Title), is an upcoming 3D CG animated film directed by Academy award winner Juan J. Campanella (Juan José Campanella) of “The Secret in Their Eyes” (El secreto de sus ojos...
- 1/3/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Despite not having a cutting edge 3D animations like Pixar, Juan Jose Campanella has done a pretty good job.
Following his Oscar-winning drama The Secret In Their Eyes, the helmer decided to venture into animation.And after a first rough edit of teaser nearly a year ago, a much more polished look popped up.
Based on a short story called ‘Memoirs of a Right Winger’ by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa the 3D animated film follows Amadeo, a shy but talented boy, and a foosball trying to get back together after having been dismantled. With the help of the foosball players, Amadeo takes on the most terrible football rival: the Champ.
Metegol, also known as Foosball and Futbolín is expected to hit international theaters sometime this year.
Here’s the new teaser trailer along with the teaser poster for Foosball.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Metegol, also known as...
Following his Oscar-winning drama The Secret In Their Eyes, the helmer decided to venture into animation.And after a first rough edit of teaser nearly a year ago, a much more polished look popped up.
Based on a short story called ‘Memoirs of a Right Winger’ by Argentine writer Roberto Fontanarrosa the 3D animated film follows Amadeo, a shy but talented boy, and a foosball trying to get back together after having been dismantled. With the help of the foosball players, Amadeo takes on the most terrible football rival: the Champ.
Metegol, also known as Foosball and Futbolín is expected to hit international theaters sometime this year.
Here’s the new teaser trailer along with the teaser poster for Foosball.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Metegol, also known as...
- 1/3/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Back in 2010 it was reported that Juan Jose Campanella, director of the breathless, Academy Award-winning whodunit “Secret In Their Eyes,” would next set his sights on an animated project called “Metegol” (aka “Foosball”). Well, today a brief teaser has appeared (via Animatie) and it seems charming enough. The original logline was that the film “follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures that come to life, must take on a star soccer pro to save their village." You don’t really get that from the teaser, but then again, it is only a minute long.
The teaser starts off with a braggart football (or, if you’re American, soccer) star talking about what it’s like being on the sidelines, about all the goals he’s scored and… the camera pulls back, revealing that our subject is not a full-sized football player but actually a tiny foosball figure.
The teaser starts off with a braggart football (or, if you’re American, soccer) star talking about what it’s like being on the sidelines, about all the goals he’s scored and… the camera pulls back, revealing that our subject is not a full-sized football player but actually a tiny foosball figure.
- 3/30/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Today we’re here to have a little chat (actually a reminder) about the movie that definitely deserves our attention, especially after winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, making Argentina the first country in Latin America to win it twice!
So, you already guess the title: The Secret In Their Eyes or, if you prefer El Secreto de sus Ojos directed by Juan José Campanella, premiered at Toronto Film Festival (September 2009).
But, when it comes to this project, this is not the end of the award-list. It also won the award for best Hispanic-American Film of the Year from the Spanish Film Academy, beating out rival film, Peru’s, The Milk of Sorrow.
Beside that, this crime drama has been nominated as Best Film Not in the English Language for the Orange British Academy Film Awards – BAFTA (February 13, 2011), as well as for the...
So, you already guess the title: The Secret In Their Eyes or, if you prefer El Secreto de sus Ojos directed by Juan José Campanella, premiered at Toronto Film Festival (September 2009).
But, when it comes to this project, this is not the end of the award-list. It also won the award for best Hispanic-American Film of the Year from the Spanish Film Academy, beating out rival film, Peru’s, The Milk of Sorrow.
Beside that, this crime drama has been nominated as Best Film Not in the English Language for the Orange British Academy Film Awards – BAFTA (February 13, 2011), as well as for the...
- 1/22/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Juan Jose Campanella, the Argentine who won the foreign-language Oscar in 2009 for his film The Secret in Their Eyes, has decided to make his first animated feature. His film has been titled Metegol, or Foosball, and only has a budget of $9.75 million if you can believe that.
The film “follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures that come to life, must take on a star soccer pro to save their village.”
I for one think this is an interesting storyline. It reminds me of The Indian in the Cupboard except there seems to be a lot more at risk if an underdog has to challenge a pro to save his village. I wonder how they are going to set up that village angle.
Campanella stated that “we are finding a visual style that we haven’t seen before in an animated movie. We are putting a lot of effort in that.
The film “follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures that come to life, must take on a star soccer pro to save their village.”
I for one think this is an interesting storyline. It reminds me of The Indian in the Cupboard except there seems to be a lot more at risk if an underdog has to challenge a pro to save his village. I wonder how they are going to set up that village angle.
Campanella stated that “we are finding a visual style that we haven’t seen before in an animated movie. We are putting a lot of effort in that.
- 10/19/2010
- by Alex DiGiovanna
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Argentine director Juan Jose Campanella ("The Secret in Their Eyes") will helm his first animated feature reports Variety.
"Metegol" (Foosball) follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures that come to life, must take on a star soccer pro to save their village. Pablo Rago ("Secret"), Fabian Gianola ("The Super Agents: New Generation"), Miguel Angel Rodriguez ("Dad for a Day"), Horacio Fontova ("Goodbye, Dear Moon") and David Masajnik ("Son of the Bride") will all lend their voices to the production.
Despite a quite low $9.75 million budget, Campanella hopes to find "a visual style that we haven't seen before in an animated movie." A 2012 release is being planned.
"Metegol" (Foosball) follows an underdog who, with the help of foosball figures that come to life, must take on a star soccer pro to save their village. Pablo Rago ("Secret"), Fabian Gianola ("The Super Agents: New Generation"), Miguel Angel Rodriguez ("Dad for a Day"), Horacio Fontova ("Goodbye, Dear Moon") and David Masajnik ("Son of the Bride") will all lend their voices to the production.
Despite a quite low $9.75 million budget, Campanella hopes to find "a visual style that we haven't seen before in an animated movie." A 2012 release is being planned.
- 10/18/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Argentinean film The Secret in Their Eyes, directed by Juan José Campanella jumped into stores on Tuesday, September 21st. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards this past year and holds the spot as the second highest grossing film in Argentinean film history, losing out to Leonardo Favio’s Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975). The film was adapted from Eduardo Sacheri's novel The Question in Their Eyes and features a very capable cast led by Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, and Pablo Rago. The film kicks off...
- 9/23/2010
- by Trevor Fuller, Foreign Film Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
This Oscar-winning Argentinian thriller packs emotional punch and a dazzlingly virtuosic narrative
There is usually, and often with justification, serious criticism of the movie voted by the American Film Academy to receive its Oscar for best film in a foreign language. It happened again this year when the international critics' anointed contenders – Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet – were ignored in favour of Juan José Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes. Well, Haneke's picture is certainly more original and Audiard's altogether harsher, but Campanella's Argentinian thriller is a film of subtlety, distinction and depth that in most other years would have made it appear a very worthy recipient. Moreover, it seems an apt choice to mark what Sight & Sound celebrates on the front page of its September edition as "The Rise and Rise of Latin American Cinema" over the past decade.
The film's...
There is usually, and often with justification, serious criticism of the movie voted by the American Film Academy to receive its Oscar for best film in a foreign language. It happened again this year when the international critics' anointed contenders – Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet – were ignored in favour of Juan José Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes. Well, Haneke's picture is certainly more original and Audiard's altogether harsher, but Campanella's Argentinian thriller is a film of subtlety, distinction and depth that in most other years would have made it appear a very worthy recipient. Moreover, it seems an apt choice to mark what Sight & Sound celebrates on the front page of its September edition as "The Rise and Rise of Latin American Cinema" over the past decade.
The film's...
- 8/14/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Secret In Their Eyes (18)
(Juan José Campanella, 2009, Argentina/Spain) Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. 129 mins.
Having elbowed aside the favourite (Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon) and the stalking horse (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet) to win last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Campanella's relatively unlauded entry has a lot to live up to. But thankfully it delivers, being a handsome, smart, adult mystery, in which a retired legal counsellor (Darín) delves into the past to deal with an unresolved murder case. The surprise is not so much that it won the Oscar but how much it resembles the classy, sexually charged Hollywood thrillers of the 70s and 80s, from Klute to Sea Of Love. Maybe if Tom Cruise made films like this instead of the gormless Knight And Day he might reconnect with his grown-up fanbase. But then, the studios are too busy kowtowing to the...
(Juan José Campanella, 2009, Argentina/Spain) Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. 129 mins.
Having elbowed aside the favourite (Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon) and the stalking horse (Jacques Audiard's A Prophet) to win last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Campanella's relatively unlauded entry has a lot to live up to. But thankfully it delivers, being a handsome, smart, adult mystery, in which a retired legal counsellor (Darín) delves into the past to deal with an unresolved murder case. The surprise is not so much that it won the Oscar but how much it resembles the classy, sexually charged Hollywood thrillers of the 70s and 80s, from Klute to Sea Of Love. Maybe if Tom Cruise made films like this instead of the gormless Knight And Day he might reconnect with his grown-up fanbase. But then, the studios are too busy kowtowing to the...
- 8/13/2010
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
This is the trailer for The Secret in Their Eyes, directed by Juan José Campanella and starring Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Bárbara Palladino and Rudy Romano. With The Secret In Their Eyes, Argentinean writer—director—editor Juan Jose Campanella has created a multi—layered and poignant thriller interweaving the personal lives of a state prosecution investigator and a judge, with a manhunt spanning twenty—five years. Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin (Ricardo Darin), decides to write a novel based on a twenty—five year old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him.
- 8/11/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
The Secret In Their Eyes scooped the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s award ceremony, beating other nominees Ajami (Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani), The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke), A Prophet (Jacques Audiard) and The Milk of Sorrow(Claudia Llosa). Now, after month’s of waiting, the film is being released in the UK.
Synopsis: 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,...
Synopsis: 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,...
- 8/4/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The Secret in Their Eyes (***1/2 out of 4)
The 2010 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film, Juan Jose Campanella’s “Secret” illustrates how the brutal rape and murder of one young woman impacts a handful of disconnected strangers over one year, then five years, then a decade, and then several decades. Her death is a stone dropped into a placid lake. Waves ripple out, and no matter where you are parked, eventually they are going to rock your boat.
Campanella tells two interlocking stories, which feature the same characters but are separated by generations. One focuses on the early days of the investigation into Liliana Coloto’s (Carla Quevedo) murder. The second lays out a futile lack of progress that has occurred decades later. To their credit, the same actors play both young and old convincingly.
When he first learns of the crime, Esposito (Ricardo...
Hollywoodnews.com: The Secret in Their Eyes (***1/2 out of 4)
The 2010 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film, Juan Jose Campanella’s “Secret” illustrates how the brutal rape and murder of one young woman impacts a handful of disconnected strangers over one year, then five years, then a decade, and then several decades. Her death is a stone dropped into a placid lake. Waves ripple out, and no matter where you are parked, eventually they are going to rock your boat.
Campanella tells two interlocking stories, which feature the same characters but are separated by generations. One focuses on the early days of the investigation into Liliana Coloto’s (Carla Quevedo) murder. The second lays out a futile lack of progress that has occurred decades later. To their credit, the same actors play both young and old convincingly.
When he first learns of the crime, Esposito (Ricardo...
- 6/18/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Secret in Their Eyes
Starring Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, and Pablo Rago
Directed by Juan José Campanella
Rated R
Upon his retirement, Esposito (Ricardo Darin) is still haunted by a brutal murder he investigated 25 years ago, and an unspoken love with his old superior that has lasted just as long haunts him even more. To occupy his time, the former detective attempts to reconcile the two major events of his life in a novel.
Before long, his instincts take over and he’s back on the case. As a fellow investigator once told him, a man can change just about anything – his home, his religion, his family – but the one thing he can’t change is his passion.
The murder of beautiful Liliana Coloto is one of his passions. It seemed like an open and shut case, but casting a net over the accused killer proved impossible. For a year following the murder,...
Starring Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, and Pablo Rago
Directed by Juan José Campanella
Rated R
Upon his retirement, Esposito (Ricardo Darin) is still haunted by a brutal murder he investigated 25 years ago, and an unspoken love with his old superior that has lasted just as long haunts him even more. To occupy his time, the former detective attempts to reconcile the two major events of his life in a novel.
Before long, his instincts take over and he’s back on the case. As a fellow investigator once told him, a man can change just about anything – his home, his religion, his family – but the one thing he can’t change is his passion.
The murder of beautiful Liliana Coloto is one of his passions. It seemed like an open and shut case, but casting a net over the accused killer proved impossible. For a year following the murder,...
- 6/11/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Release Date: Out Now (Limited) Director: Juan José Campanella Writers: Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri Starring: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella Cinematographer: Félix Monti Studio/Run Time: Sony Pictures Classics, 127 min. A great secret For its first hour, The Secret in Their Eyes is a conventional crime thriller focusing on the investigation of a rape/murder case that goes awry in exactly the ways audiences have learned to expect: with a frame-up, red tape and bad luck preventing the suspect’s arrest. And then writer-director Juan José Campanella takes the gloves off and delivers one of the...
- 5/25/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
Director: Juan Jose Campanella Writers: Juan Jose Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri Starring: Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin), a retired criminal court investigator and divorcee, decides to try something novel with his spare time – write a fictionalized book based on a 25-year old cold case that has been incessantly lodged in his memory ever since. The dreamily pixilated and ever so slightly slow-moed opening of The Secret in Their Eyes stutters with its fits and stops as Benjamin attempts to find his starting point and his voice for said story. (The footage is visually stimulating, but narratively it is an annoying Brechtian technique to remind the viewer time and time again that this is a fictional story from Benjamin’s perspective.) Once Benjamin finds his authorial voice, the visuals promptly shed their artsyness and the flashbacks are differentiated from the present only by way of...
- 5/14/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It's little wonder that the stunning crime thriller The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Argentine import, opening Friday at the Arbor, is all at once lyrical, brutal, poignant and provocative, an intimate and personal journey with much broader implications about the nature of justice.
Equal parts police procedural, psychological thriller and love story, The Secret in Their Eyes is the story of recently retired criminal investigator Benjamín Esposito (Ricardo Darín), who in 1999 decides to write a novel based on a 25-year-old rape and murder case that still haunts him. The story is told largely in flashbacks to 1974, following Esposito and his colleagues as they investigate the crime.
Like many horrific crimes, the murder claims many victims beyond Liliana Coleto (Carla Quevedo), the young woman who is brutalized and killed. Her husband, Ricardo Morales (Pablo Rago), lives...
Equal parts police procedural, psychological thriller and love story, The Secret in Their Eyes is the story of recently retired criminal investigator Benjamín Esposito (Ricardo Darín), who in 1999 decides to write a novel based on a 25-year-old rape and murder case that still haunts him. The story is told largely in flashbacks to 1974, following Esposito and his colleagues as they investigate the crime.
Like many horrific crimes, the murder claims many victims beyond Liliana Coleto (Carla Quevedo), the young woman who is brutalized and killed. Her husband, Ricardo Morales (Pablo Rago), lives...
- 5/14/2010
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)
Directed by: Juan José Campanella
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago
Running Time: 2 hr 9 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: May 7, 2010 (limited)
Plot: Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, this film from Argentina tells the story of a retired criminal court investigator (Darín) attempting to write a novel about a murder he was trying to solve 25 years ago.
Who’S It For? Do you like things that are the best? Well, this won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, didn’t you just read that in the section above? You need more? Fine, it combines drama, mystery, love and a few thrills in a truly unforgettable picture.
Expectations: I knew nothing. Except of course that if I had my choice, A Prophet would have won for best foreign film.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ricardo Darín...
Directed by: Juan José Campanella
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago
Running Time: 2 hr 9 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: May 7, 2010 (limited)
Plot: Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, this film from Argentina tells the story of a retired criminal court investigator (Darín) attempting to write a novel about a murder he was trying to solve 25 years ago.
Who’S It For? Do you like things that are the best? Well, this won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, didn’t you just read that in the section above? You need more? Fine, it combines drama, mystery, love and a few thrills in a truly unforgettable picture.
Expectations: I knew nothing. Except of course that if I had my choice, A Prophet would have won for best foreign film.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Ricardo Darín...
- 5/7/2010
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Chicago – The 2009 Best Foreign Language Film, the compelling “The Secret in Their Eyes” from Argentina, explores a corrupt past with a longing and regret, through characters who seek to rectify their bygone days.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Benjamin (Ricardo Darín) is a retiring public attorney who cannot shake a particular case he worked on in the 1970s. With the excuse to write a novel about the events, he visits his old office and colleague Irene (Soledad Villamil), who is now a powerful judge in Argentina. The memories they conjure morphs into a flashback to the case, where the events play out once again.
In the 1970s, during a political transition in Argentina’s history, a young newlywed bride has been murdered, and Benjamin has been called to the scene. There is something about the brutality of the atmosphere that effects him greatly. When a colleague in his office has called in the usual suspects,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Benjamin (Ricardo Darín) is a retiring public attorney who cannot shake a particular case he worked on in the 1970s. With the excuse to write a novel about the events, he visits his old office and colleague Irene (Soledad Villamil), who is now a powerful judge in Argentina. The memories they conjure morphs into a flashback to the case, where the events play out once again.
In the 1970s, during a political transition in Argentina’s history, a young newlywed bride has been murdered, and Benjamin has been called to the scene. There is something about the brutality of the atmosphere that effects him greatly. When a colleague in his office has called in the usual suspects,...
- 4/24/2010
- by [email protected] (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ok indie flick fans, don't miss new clips from Sony Pictures Classics' critically acclaimed "The Secret in Their Eyes" (a.k.a. "El secreto de sus ojos"). The film won the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year at the Academy Awards this year and is a winner of two Goya Awards. Starring are Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia and Carla Quevado. Juan José Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri wrote the screenplay based on the novel "La pregunta de sus ojos" written by Eduardo Sacheri. Benjamin Esposito has spent his entire working life as a criminal court employee. Recently retired and with time on his hands, he decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past as a civil servant for a true, moving and...
- 4/16/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Lionsgate's eagerly anticipated "Kick-Ass" looks to flock in the masses of fans for the Matthew Vaughn film which has received so much critical acclaim. The action comedy starring Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong and Lyndsy Fonseca, opens in 3,065 venues and should easily top the charts. Sony opens their butchering of the winning British film "Death At a Funeral" into 2,459 venues. The remake directed by Neil Labute stars Martin Lawrence, Keith David, Columbus Short, Zoë Saldaña, Luke Wilson, Tracy Morgan, James Marsden as well as Peter Dinklage, the only actor from the original film. Those are the only two wide releases unspooling this weekend. The remainder of the field are indies comprising of: - "The Perfect Game" starring Clifton Collins Jr. and Cheech Marin. Expect a solid per-theater average from th baseball family drama from Slowhand Releasing. - "The Joneses" starring David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Amber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth.
- 4/16/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
A journeyman director in American television, Juan José Campanella returns to Argentina to helm this romantic crime drama.
Retired after serving his entire career as an officer of the criminal court, Benjamin Espósito (Ricardo Darín) finds himself with time on his hands. He decides to write a novel, basing the story on a case that still haunts him. Cut to 1974: The rape and murder of a pretty young newlywed lands on Espósito’s desk. He meets the victim’s husband, Ricardo Morales (Pablo Rago), and is moved by his devotion to his bride. Espósito vows to find whoever did it and put him away for life. Clues are few, however, and, with the support of his beautiful new boss Irene (Soledad Villamil) and input from his irreverent, alcoholic sidekick Sandoval (Guillermo Francella), Espósito relies on hunches and instinct to flush out the killer. Unfortunately, justice is fleeting (due to...
Retired after serving his entire career as an officer of the criminal court, Benjamin Espósito (Ricardo Darín) finds himself with time on his hands. He decides to write a novel, basing the story on a case that still haunts him. Cut to 1974: The rape and murder of a pretty young newlywed lands on Espósito’s desk. He meets the victim’s husband, Ricardo Morales (Pablo Rago), and is moved by his devotion to his bride. Espósito vows to find whoever did it and put him away for life. Clues are few, however, and, with the support of his beautiful new boss Irene (Soledad Villamil) and input from his irreverent, alcoholic sidekick Sandoval (Guillermo Francella), Espósito relies on hunches and instinct to flush out the killer. Unfortunately, justice is fleeting (due to...
- 4/14/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Gautaman BhaskaranCast: Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo FrancellaDirection: Juan Jose CampanellaRating: *** Some of cinema’s greatest love stories have unfolded in turbulent times or against brutal barriers. Juan Jose Campanella’s Oscar clinching The Secret In Their Eyes from Argentina narrates the unconsummated passion between a criminal court investigator, Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin), and his attractive boss, judge Irene Menendez Hastings (Soledad Villamil). Their love remains deeply felt, but unsaid for 25 years, a politically disturbing and dictatorial period when a case of ...
- 3/20/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
There are some new images in from Sony Pictures Classics' "The Secrets in Their Eyes," starring Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia and Carla Quevado. The Juan José Campanella-directed crime drama showed at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and is a Best Foreign Language Film nominee (Argentina) at this year's Academy Awards. It's also a nominee of nine Goya Awards. The story follows a man who tries to solve a thirty-year-old crime. Campanella writes alongside Eduardo Sacheri based on the novel "La pregunta de sus ojos" written by Sacheri. Check out all of the photos, get movie details and more.
- 2/3/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
There are some new images in from Sony Pictures Classics' "The Secrets in Their Eyes," starring Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia and Carla Quevado. The Juan José Campanella-directed crime drama showed at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and is a Best Foreign Language Film nominee (Argentina) at this year's Academy Awards. It's also a nominee of nine Goya Awards. The story follows a man who tries to solve a thirty-year-old crime. Campanella writes alongside Eduardo Sacheri based on the novel "La pregunta de sus ojos" written by Sacheri. Check out all of the photos, get movie details and more.
- 2/3/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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