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Jul 5, 2019 · Luis Puenzo’s La historia oficial (The Official Story) (1985), the second in this monthly season of Argentinian films especially selected for the Cinema Museum by Adam Feinstein – who is writing a book on the country’s cinema – won Latin America’s first-ever Oscar for foreign-language film, and it is easy to see why. The central theme of this potent and poignant movie is Argentinian ...
Running time. 112 minutes. Country. Argentina. Language. Spanish. The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine historical drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe and Hugo Arana.
May 22, 2013 · La Historia Oficial or The Official Story (released in the UK as The Official Version) is a 1985 film directed by Luis Puenzo which is framed from the perspective of Alicia Ibáñez, a married, well-to-do woman who works as a history teacher and whose naïve ignorance manifests in class as she rigidly tows the line with textbooks issued by the authorities, refusing to countenance any views ...
Luis Puenzo. Director: The Official Story. Luis Puenzo was born on 19 February 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and producer, known for The Official Story (1985), The Plague (1992) and Broken Silence (2002).
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Nov 8, 1985 · Puenzo's film is unwaveringly committed to human rights, yet it imposes no ideology or doctrine. The further miracle is that this is the 39-year-old director's first feature film.
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All of these individual adventures are part of a dramatic larger one: Argentina itself, a society which, bordering the abyss, tries to reconstruct its future, examining its wounds, recognizing itself in its victims and their executioners. Directed by : Luis PUENZO. Year of production: 1984. Duration: 110.
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May 15, 2015 · This evening, Cannes Classics presents a masterpiece by Argentinian director Luis Puenzo : La Historia Oficial (The Official Story, 1985), starring Hector Alterio and Norma Aleandro in a film that focuses on the adoption of children in Argentina under the dictatorship. Luis Puenzo looks back on the feature film that won him the Oscar for Best ...
