本杰明·艾斯玻希多(里卡杜·达林 Ricardo Darín 饰)是一名退休的检察官,几十年的司法工作经验让他积攒下诸多素材,而多年前一起奸杀案始终让他念念不忘,他希望将其付梓出版,了却心愿。25年前,23岁的美丽女教师莉莉安娜·科洛托(Carla Quevedo 饰)和银行职员里杜卡·莫拉莱斯(帕博罗·拉格 Pablo Rago 饰)相识相恋,然而就在两人已谈婚论嫁之际,莉莉安娜在公寓被人残忍强暴并杀害。是时司法腐败,为求尽快结案,本杰明的同事甚至随便找个外来移民顶罪。也许是为莉莉安娜死亡现场所震撼,本杰明执着地展开调查,从此卷入这桩扑朔迷离的爱恨疑案之中…… 本片荣获2010年第82届奥斯卡金像奖最佳外语片奖;2009年哈瓦那电影节观众奖、最佳男主角奖(Ricardo Darín)、最佳导演奖、最佳音乐奖、评审团特别奖。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, Benjamín and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gómez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gómez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamín learns now that that premise still holds true.