Four-star movie: The Official Story
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carbonelThe Official Story
Director: Luis Puenzo
1985
An Argentinean mother is forced to question her government's official story of the "Dirty War" of the 1970s when she comes to suspects that her dearly loved adopted daughter may be the child of a murdered political prisoner. Her husband, who works in the government, tries to stop her quest -- he may not know the answers, but he doesn't want to, either.
This is an independent film that was apparently made just as things were changing in Argentina. It's an uncomfortable movie, because it doesn't give any answers, but asks many questions, while showing both the people who don't want questions asked and the people demanding answers.
Director: Luis Puenzo
1985
An Argentinean mother is forced to question her government's official story of the "Dirty War" of the 1970s when she comes to suspects that her dearly loved adopted daughter may be the child of a murdered political prisoner. Her husband, who works in the government, tries to stop her quest -- he may not know the answers, but he doesn't want to, either.
This is an independent film that was apparently made just as things were changing in Argentina. It's an uncomfortable movie, because it doesn't give any answers, but asks many questions, while showing both the people who don't want questions asked and the people demanding answers.
