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El secreto de sus ojos (2009)
When crime meets poetry
It is never easy to write about a movie that you love because the words are never enough to describe the emotions that it gives you. This is one of my favourite movies of the last decade: made with a slow pace and always careful not to let the cruelty of the crime to take over and tell the story. We meet the main characters in Buenos Aires in 1999 when Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin) is trying to write a book about a 30 years old cold case occurred while he was a legal counsellor. Benjamin has been haunted by the past and is in desperate need of closure, still in love with his ex-colleague Irene Hastings (Soledad Villamil) and hoping to finally let the victim rest in peace. A young couple's dream of happiness is savagely destroyed and what remains of it carries such a deep and honest grief that no one is left untouched. Pablo Rago is brilliant playing the young widower Ricardo Morales, his inconsolable but calm way to grieve introduces us to a man made of love and patience while Ricardo Darin, never over the top, portraits a middle age man lost in a limbo of memories and who has waited for years to see his passions for Irene and for justice to prevail. Passion and melancholy are the elements that have made this movie a masterpiece, and the poetry of a director like Jose Campanella has borrowed nothing from overseas: this is an Argentinian movie with an Argentinian heart and this is why it has to be seen in his original language to be truly appreciated because nothing like the Buenos Aires's accent will rock you through the events. My vote 9.5/10
Endeavour: Pilot (2012)
Endavour really is the new Morse
It might be because Abigail Thaw (playing the role of the journalist Dorothea Frazil) is keeping an eye out there but Endeavour shows deep love and respect for the late John Thaw.
The series is set in 1965 and tells the story of how young DC Endeavour will become Inspector Morse with Shaun Evans in the role of the main character.
What a responsibility for Evans ! But how great the results !!
Shaun Evans resembles John Thaw not only physically (magnetic but sad blue eyes) but emotionally as well. This actor has found a way to bring into every episode the melancholy of his future self but being young he still relies on hope, which makes things even harder if you are a Morse's fan, knowing that he will never really get over his inner loneliness.
All episodes have a great plot thanks to the script of Russell Lewis (of course based on characters created by Colin Dexter) and there is an attentive reconstruction of the '60 but the wisest thing has been to borrow Inspector Morse's soundtrack with the famous "Morse's theme" for the end's credits. Do not worry, even if you are not familiar with the 1987-2000 series, you will be able to enjoy Endeavour because the constable is a smart and intriguing characterÂ…. his future more than his past is what makes him fragile.