The Official Story La historia oficial
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.
Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, and Golden Globes. Winner of Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
"The Official Story is part polemic, part thriller, part tragedy. It belongs on the list with films like Z, Missing and El Norte, which examine the human aspects of political unrest." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Running Time
116 mins
Year
1985
Kanopy ID
6724028
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