The Official Story (1985) ( La Historia oficial ) ( The Official History )

The Official Story (1985) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Historia oficial
Alternate Title: The Official History
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Luis Puenzo

Written By:
Luis Puenzo
Aída Bortnik

Actors:
Hector Alterio ..... Roberto
Norma Aleandro ..... Alicia
Chunchuna Villafañe ..... Ana
Hugo Arana ..... Enrique
Guillermo Battaglia ..... Jose
Chela Ruíz ..... Sara
Patricio Contreras ..... Benitez
María Luisa Robledo ..... Nata
Aníbal Morixe ..... Miller
Jorge Petraglia ..... Macci
Analia Castro ..... Gaby
Daniel Lago ..... Dante
Augusto Larreta ..... General
Laura Palmucci ..... Rosa
Leal Rey ..... Cura

Synopsis:

This is an emotionally gripping, fictional look at a couple torn apart by the infamous Argentine campaign of killings and torture that sent thousands of accused terrorists to unmarked graves in the mid-and late-'70s. Alicia (Norma Aleandro) and Roberto (Hector Alterio) adopted a little girl (Analia Castro) during this period of governmental terror in Argentina. Alicia has always wondered about the parents of their little girl, a topic her husband has forced her into forgetting as a condition of the adoption - he alone knows the full story. Thanks to censorship, Alicia - like others - is not fully aware of how much killing has gone on until her students at school start complaining that their textbook histories were written by murderers. Add to this a long conversation with a friend who had been in exile after she was tortured by the government, and Alicia starts to do some serious political and personal research on her own. The results reveal the identity of the little girl's dead parents and reveal that Alicia's husband has had a nasty hand in the government repression and dirty dealings with foreign businesses. She also learns the identity of the girl's grandmother. Her next decision will determine what to do with this information.

Alicia Marnet de Ibañez is happily married to her husband Roberto. They have an adopted daughter named Gaby. Alicia is blissfully ignorant about what happened in the military coup until one of her history students asks her if she only believes what the history books say. She embarks on a mission to find if her daughter is the daughter of one of the women who disappeared during the coup. When her husband finds out, he does everything in his power to prevent her from finding the truth, but she's determined and nothing he does is going to stop her.

Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife in Buenos Aires, circa 1983, after the fall of the "junta militar" that had taken over the government since 1976. She has a husband, Roberto, who is a succesful lawyer and a five-year-old adopted daughter.

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