The Official Story

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Cast & Crew

Norma Aleandro
Alicia

Héctor Alterio
Roberto

Chela Ruíz
Sara

Chunchuna Villafañe
Ana

Hugo Arana
Enrique

Guillermo Battaglia
José

Patricio Contreras
Benitez

María Luisa Robledo
Nata

Luis Puenzo
Director

Aída Bortnik
Writer

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Audience Reviews for The Official Story

• Sep 17, 2014

  Even though the changes undergone by the protagonist seem rushed (not even her hair seems to follow an entirely consistent evolution), this is a deeply disturbing and painful drama that poses hard questions and examines the terrifying truth about a horrific moment in History.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Apr 27, 2012

  A schoolteacher searches for her adopted daughter's origins. Beginning as a film about how teachers teach/indoctrinate the state's dominant paradigm, the film quickly shifts focus to the teacher's family life. We learn that it is likely that her daughter was procured by illegal or immoral means by her government official husband. Bourgeois versus "common man" sympathies becomes the main conflict for the family and the film. Thus, <i>The Official Story</i> is a heady drama, one that ultimately condemns the upper classes by revealing violence hidden beneath the veneer of respectability. I don't think I could appreciate the film as much as a native Argentinian because of my limited knowledge of their history; I've seen <i>Evita</i> and paid attention during World History in high school, but that's about it, and many of the oblique references to past military leaders was lost on me. The drama also unfolds slowly. There are long zooms and pans and numerous shots of the main character looking pensive. Overall, I think there's a lot to like about <i>The Official Story</i>, but it's not for all audiences, especially my classmates who fell asleep during World History and failed to see <i>Evita</i>.
  Jim H Super Reviewer
• Feb 22, 2012

  It takes a very intimate story and allows us to see through a small crack all the horror and tragedy suffered by a whole nation. Overwhelming.
  Pierluigi P Super Reviewer
• Nov 24, 2011

  After much consideration, I finally decided to go for it paying respect to its IMDb ratings. The fact that it has historical background also played its part in luring me towards it. However, the story turned out to be extremely different than what I'd expected. Content-wise, not quality-wise. Neither delighted nor disappointed by it, I guess that knowing the relevant history (yeah, blindly jumped into it with the info that it has historical background; didn't dig even a wee-bit further about it at that time) might have helped more and made it more engaging. Unfortunately, I'd never heard about the historical "Dirty War" tragedy before watching this movie. I didn't find the movie that great. It had emotions, it had thrills, the acting was good, the music was good, the dialogues were excellent, but yet I won't call it a heart-wrenching drama. The overall outcome wasn't so incredible. This Oscar winning flick is undoubtedly watchable and shouldn't be a PITA. Although it might be painful in some other parts to some.
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