The Secret in Their Eyes is probably one of my favorite movies. In this Oscar-winning film, the story centers on love and hatred with respect to the effect that time causes on lives. The film shows different methods used by men to restrain with their passion and how memories can trap a man and either destroy the rest of his life or prevail the harsh judgement from reality over time. However, there are only two major named female characters in this film: one is raped and murdered at the very beginning of the movie while the other plays a key role in story and another male character's development. The lack of female characters in the film allows the audience to examine closely on male characters' development as we gain more perspective story from them. With the opportunity to understand the tragedy that affects the lives of people who got involved in male characters' point of views, we find that femininity and masculinity can coexist in one person without contradicting each other and further break the stiff idealization of law-enforcement officials that Hollywood movies present with the replacement of realism.
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