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Political corruption -- Argentina -- Drama.
Children of disappeared persons -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adopted children -- Drama.
Totalitarianism -- Drama.
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Political corruption -- Argentina -- Drama.
Children of disappeared persons -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adopted children -- Drama.
Totalitarianism -- Drama.
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The
official
story
[videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Luis Puenzo.
Koch Lorber Films, 2004.
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DVD OFF WOR
Subjects
Political corruption -- Argentina -- Drama.
Children of disappeared persons -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Argentina -- Drama.
Adopted children -- Drama.
Totalitarianism -- Drama.
Series
Video Difference legacy collection.
ISBN:
141720057X
Alternate title:
Historia oficial [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
1 videodisc (114 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Home use only.
In Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Production:
Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania ; Progress Communications ; producer, Marcelo Piñeyro ; written by Aída Bortnik, Luis Puenzo ; directed by Luis Puenzo.
Performers:
Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruíz, Patricio Contreras and María Luisa Robledo.
Summary:
"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 unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered."--Container.
Awards:
Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film (Argentina), 1986.
Golden Globe: Best Foreign Film, 1986.
Cannes Film Festival, Best Actress (Norma Aleandro), 1985.
Genre:
Spanish films.
Foreign films
Political films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Puenzo, Luis.
Alterio, Héctor, 1929-
Aleandro, Norma.
Villafañe, Chunchuña.
Arana, Hugo.
Battaglia, Guillermo, 1889-1988.
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