Hernán Golfrid : 2013
Thesis on a murder
Roberto Bermúdez is a renowned lawyer who now, at 55, spends his days teaching. His scepticism and pride have grown alongside the chaos in his personal life since separating from his wife. Once again, as every year, Bermúdez is preparing to give one of his prestigious seminars on criminal law. Among the fifteen students participating is Gonzalo, son of Felipe Ruiz Cordera, a Spanish diplomat and former friend of Bermúdez. As the son of a cultural attaché, the boy grew up between ceremonies and protocol, watching his manners, always subject to the approval of the other, is correct, polite and modest ad nauseum – all qualities that irritate the lawyer. However, Gonzalo has, among other virtues, disturbingly acute observational skills with an amazing memory, and Bermúdez cannot help but see him as a competitor. One night, during the seminar, the body of Valeria Di Natale, a young woman brutally murdered, appears in the parking area, near the window of the classroom where Bermúdez lectures. A subtle hint at the crime scene, inconsequential to the police, but essential to Bermúdez, convinces him that Gonzalo is the perpetrator. Determined to prove the guilt of the boy and, especially, to impose a kind of veiled duel between the two, Bermúdez starts an investigation on his own. Evidence of Gonzalo's involvement in the murder of Valeria begins to accumulate, although tinged by the subjectivity of the veteran jurist who only wants to prove his thesis. Is Bermúdez the object of a vicious challenge from Gonzalo, or do one's eyes only see what they want to see?
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