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The Official story
- Title
- The Official story [motion picture] / Historias Cinematograficas/Progress Communications.
- Publication
- New York : Almi-Cinema 5, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3750 O | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3750 O | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3750 O | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Puenzo, Luis.
- Description
- 3 film reels (112 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- This first film by Argentine director Luis Puenzo is a subtle commentary on the right-wing terror squads which victimized that country in the 1970s. Five-year-old Gabi has an ideal home in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Her mother, Alicia, is a respected history teacher; her father is a successful businessman whose commercial and social contacts reach the top echelons of the Argentine government. In the aftermath of the Falklands crisis, the life of this family changes and the mystery surrounding Gabi's adoption takes on sinister overtones. Prompted by her friend's personal revelations about detainment and torture and demonstrations by Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo whose children disappeared at the hands of the military, Alicia must confront the atrocities of the junta and her husband's complicity. In the end, Alicia comes to terms with the nagging conviction that Gabi is the child of missing political dissidents. (Does not circulate)
- Subject
- Note
- In Spanish with English subtitles.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Luis Puenzo; screenplay, Aida Bortnik, Luis Puenzo; photography, Felix Monti; music, Atilio Stampone.
- Performer (note)
- Norma Aleandro, Hector Alterio, Chela Ruiz, Chunchuna Villafane.
- Title
- The Official story [motion picture] / Historias Cinematograficas/Progress Communications.
- Imprint
- New York : Almi-Cinema 5, 1985.
- Credits
- Director, Luis Puenzo; screenplay, Aida Bortnik, Luis Puenzo; photography, Felix Monti; music, Atilio Stampone.
- Cast
- Norma Aleandro, Hector Alterio, Chela Ruiz, Chunchuna Villafane.
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- Added Author
- Puenzo, Luis.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 3750 O