''Mataharis'' is a 2007 Spanish

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directed and co-written by

Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born 12 June 1967) is a Spanish filmmaker and actress. She is best known for directing '' Te Doy Mis Ojos'' (''Take My Eyes''), which won 7 Goya Awards. Bollaín has won other awards for acting and script-writing ...

. It stars

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Tristán Ulloa Tristán Ulloa (born 6 May 1970) is a Spanish actor, writer, and director. Career Tristán Ulloa was born in Orléans, France, and soon moved to Madrid, Spain, where he spent his early childhood. At age 12, he moved to Vigo, Galicia. His mother, ...

María Vázquez María Vázquez (born 19 March 1979) is a Spanish actress from Galicia. Biography Born in Vigo on 19 March 1979, she was raised however in between the provinces of Ourense and Lugo. She appeared as a child in '' Sempre Xonxa''. Upon completing ...

and Nuria González. The plot follows the lives of three female detectives who investigate the secrets of others, but end up uncovering their own families' lies and truths they would prefer to ignore.

Plot

Inés, Eva and Carmen, three women of different generations, work as private detectives for an investigation agency run by Valbuena, their male chauvinist boss. Inés, the youngest and most ambitious of the three is assigned to work undercover as an employee in a factory to spy on the activities of its union leaders. However, her investigation brings her face to face with a difficult emotional and ethical decision. Initially, she hoped to move through the ranks by working on this case, but her plans go awry when she begins to empathize with and develop feelings for Manuel, one of the key union members she is investigating. This ethical dilemma coupled with the fear of losing her job and career turns her life into a state of turmoil. Eva has just returned to work at the detective agency after having had her second child. She is assigned to a rather mundane case of tracking down an old man's first love. Eva finds it very hard to juggle her responsibilities and is unable to find the support she needs in her husband, Iñaki. When a mysterious woman called Marta appears in Iñaki’s life, Eva starts an investigation into her spouse’s secret life, stumbling upon the possibility that her husband may not only be having an affair but leading a double life with another wife and family. She follows him from Madrid to Zaragoza where she quickly finds out that he has had a son born from a previous relationship and has now become involved in the life of the child he ignored for 10 years. Carmen, the oldest and most experienced of the three detectives, is on a routine investigation of both the business partner and the wife of Sergio, a photographer whose wife is having an affair with his business partner and close friend. Carmen sympathizes with Sergio's marital collapse, not seeming to notice the dire straits of her own marriage.

Cast

DVD release

''Mataharis'' is available in Region 2 DVD in

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with English subtitles.

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20080701192140/http://www.sogecine-sogepaq.com/mataharis/ * http://www.cinefilo.es/cine-mataharis-6506.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Mataharis 2007 films 2007 drama films 2000s Spanish-language films Spanish drama films Films directed by Icíar Bollaín 2000s Spanish films