The Secrets We Keep: Intense performances keep you hooked till the end Implausibilities are offset by nail-biting tension in adroitly helmed sequences How does one forgive something that seems unforgivable? For the happily married protagonists at the heart of this morality tale-cum-psychological thriller, forgiveness doesnât enter the equation. Replicating the plot of Ariel Dorrfmanâs play Death and the Maiden, which Roman Polanski adapted into a film, Israeli director Yuval Adler, and American actor-writer Ryan Covington, interfuse the minefield of marital intimacy with deception and secrets that test the marriage bond. Set 15 years after World War II, the film follows European emigre Maja (Noomii Rapace), who lives with her American doctor husband Lewis (Chris Messina) and son Patrick in a small town and soon becomes convinced that new neighbour, Thomas (Joel Kinnaman), is the Nazi who was complicit in the gang rape and murder of Romanis (gypsies who originated front India).