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In one of the most powerful scenes in the movie, she takes down the clothing her daughter came dressed in, and touches it gently, and we can read her mind: She is thinking that her daughter’s natural mother was the person who put these clothes on the baby girl. “The Official Story” is part polemic, part thriller, part tragedy.
A film of shattering power. In the powerful 1985 film The Official Story, Director Luis Puenzo tells the story of a teacher's awakening to conscience at the end of Argentina's "Dirty War" of the late 70s and early 80s. As in Pinochet's Chile, the military secret police sought to consolidate their power by routinely torturing and murdering ...
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 ...
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. In the United Kingdom, it was released as The Official Version. [1] [2]
Writer-director Luis Puenzo juxtaposes the family secret to the violent ones the Argentine junta government kept from its citizens. It's not a subtle comparison– Puenzo makes it obvious– but it's an effective one, as Alicia has to reckon with the fact that she lies in bed with a stranger, as Argentina has to reckon with the remaining junta members and enablers.
- Analia Castro
- Luis Puenzo
Feb 22, 2006 · The Official Story is one of those rare films that manage to make a powerful political statement while telling an exceptionally good and touching story. Puenzo’s film is unwaveringly committed to human rights, yet it imposes no explicit ideology or doctrine. The further miracle is that this is the first feature film by Puenzo.
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The Official Story: Directed by Luis Puenzo. With Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana. During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
