Movie
The Official Story
Overview
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-04-03
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Progress Communications, Historias Cinematográficas, Cinemanía
- Country
- Argentina
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Norma Aleandro as Alicia Marnet
- Héctor Alterio as Roberto Ibáñez
- Hugo Arana as Enrique Ibáñez
- Guillermo Battaglia as José
- Chela Ruiz as Sara
- Patricio Contreras as Benítez
- Aníbal Morixe as Miller
- María Luisa Robledo as Ñata
- Jorge Petraglia as Macci
- Analía Castro as Gaby
- Chunchuna Villafañe as Ana
- Daniel Lago as Dante
Crew
- Luis Puenzo - Director
- Aída Bortnik - Screenplay
- Luis Puenzo - Screenplay
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