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* EvilIsPetty: Esposito accuses Romano of letting a convicted murderer go free just to spite him, and it's implied that he's right.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Esposito and Irene confront Romano about [[spoiler: letting Gomez go free]], the latter tears into both of them, telling Benjamin that he's out of Irene's league, and Irene that she's out of her depth regarding the case. He caps it off telling them the one thing they both have in common: neither of them can do anything about what's happening.
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* TranquilFury: After the judge finds out Esposito and Sandoval broke into the house of a suspect's mother searching for evidence, he calmly throws the book at Esposito, progressively raising his voice but never quite shouting.
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* MeaningfulName: In Benjamin Esposito's case, "Esposito" (or Exposito) is a blanket Spanish last name given to foster children and it means that either he is an orphan or his father didn't recognize him; either way, it means that he was a ward of the state, which is why he's lower in the social strata than Irene.
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* MeaningfulName: In Benjamin Esposito's case, "Esposito" (or Exposito) is a blanket placeholder Spanish last name formerly given to foster children and it means that either he is an orphan or his father didn't recognize him; either way, it means that he was a ward of the state, which is why he's lower in the social strata than Irene.Irene. "Exposito" eventually became an actual last name in most of the countries where it was used.
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** From the letters they stole from Gomez' home, Pablo is able to deduce that even when he's very good at covering his tracks, Gomez cannot deny being a fan of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_Club_de_Avellaneda CA Racing de Avellaneda]], a fact that practically bleeds through his writing. Pablo and Benjamin [[ExploitedTrope even attend four games (which could be between 2 weeks or 1 month of stakeout) to have the chance to catch Gomez.]]
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** Overlapping with FlawExploitation. From the letters they stole from Gomez' home, Pablo is able to deduce that even when he's very good at covering his tracks, Gomez cannot deny being a fan of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_Club_de_Avellaneda CA Racing de Avellaneda]], a fact that practically bleeds through his writing. Pablo and Benjamin [[ExploitedTrope even attend four games (which could be between 2 weeks or 1 month of stakeout) to have the chance to catch Gomez.]]Gomez, and finally catch him at an away game against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_Hurac%C3%A1n CA Huracán]].
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*** Benjamin speculates that Gomez stopped pursuing him and Irene because he assumes that [[spoiler:Pablo impersonated him when Gomez sent some cronies to assassinate Benjamin at his apartment and was killed as a result; Gomez actually stopped pursuing Benjamin and Irene because Ricardo kidnapped him shortly after Benjamin's flight and has kept him behind bars for 25 years]].
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*** Benjamin speculates that Gomez stopped pursuing him and Irene because he assumes that [[spoiler:Pablo impersonated him when Gomez sent some cronies to assassinate Benjamin at his apartment and was killed as a result; Gomez actually stopped pursuing Benjamin and Irene because Ricardo kidnapped him shortly after Benjamin's flight exile and has kept him behind bars for 25 years]].
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** Pablo calling his workplace anything but a lawyer's office when he picks up the phone. He first says it's a blood bank, then later calls it a sperm bank.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Subverted. The story takes place during the "Dirty War" in Argentina (''ca''. 1974-1983) in which the dictatorship financed anti-communist groups to execute dissidents and carry out terrorists acts with carte-blanche regardless of connections with communism. [[spoiler:Benjamin finds out that Gomez is part of one of these groups, making Gomez legally untouchable and turning Benjamin into a target]].
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* PlotArmor: Invoked and subverted. [[spoiler:Irene is too socially affluent for the Secret Police to make her disappear without raising hell, so she assures Benjamin that she is safe from Romano and Gomez; she later admonishes Benjamin for not reading into her situation and fleeing without her, arguing that her life was in threat too regardless (though she has long forgiven him for the slight)]].
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* PlotArmor: Invoked and subverted. [[spoiler:Irene is too socially affluent for the Secret Police to make her disappear without raising hell, so she assures Benjamin that she is safe from Romano and Gomez; she later admonishes Benjamin for not reading into her situation words and fleeing without her, arguing that her life was in threat danger too regardless (though she has long forgiven him for the slight)]].
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* FanDisservice: There are two instances of nudity in the film. One is of a woman being raped, and is later seen dead, bloodied and bruised. The second [[spoiler:is the rapist showing off his penis, finally confessing]].
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* FanDisservice: There are two instances of nudity in the film. One is of a woman being raped, and is later seen dead, bloodied and bruised. The second [[spoiler:is is the rapist showing off his penis, finally confessing]].confessing.
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** Morales tells Benjamin that he shouldn't keep dwelling and revisiting the past; [[spoiler:he tells him so because Morales himself hasn't been able to do so by dedicating his life to keeping Gomez prusoner.]]
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** Morales tells Benjamin that he shouldn't keep dwelling and revisiting the past; [[spoiler:he tells him so because Morales himself hasn't been able to do so by dedicating his life to keeping Gomez prusoner.prisoner.]]
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** Benjamin [[spoiler:becomes a target of the dictatorship even when his plight has nothing to do with a political stance; he is kept on a leash because of a number of things, including being of low social status due to being an orphan, being the subordinate of a woman, trying to prosecute a case where a member of the Secret Police is the perpetrator, being constantly berated by Pablo's wife in spite of not being responsible for his friend's alcoholism, and trying to break and enter the perp's mother's home]]. The dude never gets a break.
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** Benjamin [[spoiler:becomes a target of the dictatorship even when his plight has nothing to do with a political stance; stance]]; he is kept on a leash because of a number of things, including being of low social status due to being an orphan, being the subordinate of a woman, trying to prosecute a case where a member of the Secret Police is the perpetrator, being constantly berated by Pablo's wife in spite of not being responsible for his friend's alcoholism, and trying to break and enter the perp's mother's home]].home. [[spoiler: He even loses Pablo after he passes himself off as Benjamin and [[TakingTheBullet is killed in his stead]]]]. The dude never gets a break.
