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The Official Story

Original title: La historia oficial

“A truth too frightening to ignore”

1985 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Luis Puenzo · Argentina · Latin American Cinema
DramaHistory

Cast

Norma Aleandro Héctor Alterio Chunchuna Villafañe Hugo Arana Guillermo Battaglia Chela Ruíz

Credits

Written by: Aída Bortnik

Plot

A comfortable Buenos Aires history teacher during the last years of the military dictatorship begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may be a child of one of the disappeared.

Sinekatalog’s take

A powerful, humane drama about willful blindness and the awakening of conscience.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (11,950 votes)
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