From opening frames to rolling credits, Secret keeps the viewer intrigued. While the plot is arguably unnoriginal and quite simple, the themes explored through its unfolding and the way they are visually represented elevates this judicial/crime drama to an exquisite work of art that interrogates the value of human life and the justice that relegates it. Not really a who-done-it, Secret uses the rape-homicide of a young woman as a backdrop to investigate the impact of life-defining regret. Retired prosecutor Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin) regrets two things after all these years: a brutal murderer's freedom and his former boss' unfulfilled love. He revisits them when he decides to write a novel involving both subjects, flashbacks taking us back through time as we join Esposito on a nostalgic trip to redemption. Alcoholic colleagues, spiteful competition and impossible affections come together in the search of a killer whose freedom is made possible by a major loophole known as the law. With an ending that will leave you breathless and shots that will make your jaw drop (including one impressive long take that begins as an aerial view of a football field and ends in a medium shot of Esposito in the stands) Secret urges the viewer to find their own answer to the film's underlying question: What is worth a life full of nothing?
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