Central to the film is its stark, cynical vision of justice. In 1970s Argentina, the system is broken, riddled with corruption and political violence. The prime suspect, Isidoro Gómez, is freed due to a technicality. When Benjamín and his alcoholic partner Sandoval risk everything to pursue justice outside the law, their initial success is fleeting. The judicial system, already weak, is soon replaced by the shadow state of the Argentine military dictatorship. The rule of law gives way to arbitrary terror. In a devastating twist, the killers of Liliana are not punished by the state but are instead recruited as death-squad assassins. Campanella presents a nation where formal justice is a fantasy. The only real justice that emerges is brutal, private, and extra-legal—exemplified by Liliana’s husband, Ricardo Morales, who takes a life sentence upon himself, imprisoning Gómez in a silent, empty cell for a quarter of a century. Morales’s question, “Do you really think there is a punishment worse than a life sentence?” reframes justice not as retribution but as a living, permanent hell.

The story uses a murder mystery as a lens to explore deeper Argentine issues:

The tension between Benjamín and Irene serves as the emotional anchor, representing the "secret" hidden in their eyes. Critical and Commercial Success

The title refers to how eyes reveal hidden truths. Benjamín discovers the killer by noticing how he looks at the victim in old photographs.