Juan José Campanella achieved worldwide fame with the release of this 2009 Argentine-Spanish crime drama  based on what novel
The Secret in Their Eyes The Secret in Their Eyes (Spanish: "El secreto de sus ojos" ) is a 2009 Argentine-Spanish crime drama film directed, co-written, produced and edited by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel "La pregunta de sus ojos" (""The Question in Their Eyes"") by Eduardo Sacheri, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film is a joint production of Argentine and Spanish companies.
Pickpocket (film) Pickpocket is a 1959 French film directed by Robert Bresson, generally believed to have been inspired by the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It stars the young Uruguayan Martin LaSalle, who was a nonprofessional actor at the time, in the title role, with Marika Green as the ingénue. It was the first film for which Bresson wrote an original screenplay rather than "adapting it from an existing text."