The Official Story
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| The Official Story | |
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| Directed by | Luis Puenzo |
| Produced by | Marcelo Piñeyro |
| Written by | Aída Bortnik Luis Puenzo |
| Starring | Héctor Alterio Norma Aleandro Chunchuna Villafañe |
| Music by | Atilio Stampone María Elena Walsh |
| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
| Editing by | Juan Carlos Macías |
| Distributed by | Argentina Video Home Koch-Lorber Films (North American DVD) |
| Release date(s) |  April 3, 1985 8 November 1985 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | Spanish |
| IMDb profile | |
The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine film about a couple in Buenos Aires with an adopted child. The mother comes to realize that her daughter may be the biological child of a desaparecido (a victim of forced disappearance during the Dirty War in the 1970s dictatorial government). It was released in some English-speaking markets as The Official Version.
The film stars Norma Aleandro and Héctor Alterio, and was directed by Luis Puenzo. The screenplay is by the film's director Luis Puenzo and famed Argentine writer Aída Bortnik.
[edit] Awards
- 1985: Won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and was nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
- 1986: Won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
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| Preceded by Dangerous Moves |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1985 |
Succeeded by The Assault |
