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The Official Story (La Historia Oficial)
DVD
114 minutes
1985
PN1995.9 .F67 H57 2004 DVD
Winner of an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe® for Best Foreign Film. The Official Story is a compelling portrait of the life of a history professor and her awakening to the evils perpetrated by her country's government.
An Argentine teacher, Alicia (Norma Aleandro) begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to uncover the truth, she discovers levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her life are irrevocably shattered.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Starring Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana
Directed by Luis Puenzo
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