Cinema
The Official Story
La historia oficial
Luis Puenzo · 1985
Synopsis
In March 1983, as the dictatorship wavers, Alicia teaches history in a Buenos Aires secondary school, according to Offi; she is the wife of an industrialist close to those in power. After a visit from Ana, a childhood friend returned from exile, she begins to see the past differently. Kanopy specifies that she wonders about the origins of the daughter they adopted. Norma Aleandro plays the role.
Context
Released on 3 April 1985, the film was written by the director and Aída Bortnik. At Cannes that same year, Norma Aleandro received the prize for best actress and the film the Ecumenical Jury prize. It then won the Oscar for best foreign-language film, the first for Argentina, according to two obituaries of the filmmaker. Kanopy has offered it online since 2019, and MK2 re-released it in France in October 2016.
Who it is for
A drama in Spanish lasting one hour fifty-two minutes, about a woman who discovers what her milieu chose to ignore.
Prizes and reception
First Oscar for Argentine cinema, in 1986, and best actress prize at Cannes for Norma Aleandro.
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