The Official Story

The Official Story

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1985-04-03
Duration:112 min
Country:Argentina
Director:Luis Puenzo
Actors:Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruiz
Production:Progress Communications, Historias Cinematográficas, Cinemanía

Overview:

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.

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