Secret in Their Eyes
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| Directed by | Billy Ray |
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| Screenplay by | Billy Ray |
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| Music by | Emilio Kauderer |
| Cinematography | Danny Moder |
| Edited by | Jim Page |
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| Distributed by | STX Entertainment |
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111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19.5 million |
| Box office | $32.2 million |
Secret in Their Eyes is a 2015 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Billy Ray and a remake of the 2009 Argentine film of the same name, both based on the novel La pregunta de sus ojos author Eduardo Sacheri. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, and Michael Kelly.
The film was released by STX Entertainment on November 20, 2015. It received mixed reception from critics, who praised its performances but compared it unfavourably to the original.
In Los Angeles, in early 2002, not long after New York City's 9/11 attack, FBI counter-terrorism investigator Ray Kasten (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Los Angeles district attorney's investigator Jessica "Jess" Cobb (Julia Roberts) go about their day in the office.
Newly hired assistant DA Claire Sloan (Nicole Kidman), an attractive Harvard graduate, is getting Ray's attention. Jess is pushing Ray to ask Claire out, to Ray's disapproval, since Claire recently became engaged to a guy named Ellis (Ross Partridge).
While Jess and Ray bicker, they receive a call about an unknown female's body found in a dumpster near the Al-Ankara mosque. Ray and his colleagues have been investigating the Al-Ankara mosque for possible terrorist links.
Arriving on the scene, Ray takes the first look at the body, and he's deeply shocked that it's Jess's 18-year-old daughter, Carolyn (Zoe Graham) -- she was raped, brutally killed, and bleached inside and out so there would be no DNA evidence. Jess is utterly devastated.
Ray feels guilt-ridden about what happened to Carolyn -- he and Carolyn were planning a surprise birthday party for Jess, and they were supposed to meet at a bakery, but Ray was unable to show up because of his job. Two hours after they were supposed to meet, Carolyn's body was found. She was last seen outside the bakery.
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