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The Secret in Their Eyes(2009)
Released
2009 · FILM

The Secret in Their Eyes

A determined judiciary agent teams with an alcoholic partner and a new department chief to expose the truth behind a brutal 1974 murder, battling corrupt rivals and false accusations before the killer can evade justice.

“An unsolved crime. A love story. An unwritten ending.”

Directed by
Juan Jose Campanella
Written by
Juan Jose Campanella, Eduardo Sacheri
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
130 min
Language
ES
DramaMysteryRomance

Synopsis

Retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel about an unsolved case involving the rape and murder of a newlywed, hoping to resolve years of unease. He works with former colleague Judge Irene to understand the events of the past.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 36

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Juan Jose CampanellaShot by Felix MontiScored by Federico Jusid

Box Office

2009 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 17× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$34.0M

Budget$2.0M
Worldwide gross$34.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $6.4M — 19% of worldwide · International: $27.6M (81%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • In ihren Augende
  • The Secret in Their Eyesen
  • Dans ses yeuxfr
  • Il segreto dei suoi occhiit

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