Official Story

UPC: 741952303190

Studio: Koch Lorber Films

Summary: This is an emotionally gripping, fictional look at a couple torn apart by the infamous Argentine campaign of killings and torture that sent thousands of accused terrorists to unmarked graves in the mid-and late-'70s. Alicia (Norma Aleandro) and Roberto (Hector Alterio) adopted a little girl (Analia Castro) during this period of governmental terror in Argentina. Alicia has always wondered about the parents of their little girl, a topic her husband has forced her into forgetting as a condition of the adoption -- he alone knows the full story. Thanks to censorship, Alicia -- like others -- is not fully aware of how much killing has gone on until her students at school start complaining that their textbook histories were written by murderers. Add to this a long conversation with a friend who had been in exile after she was tortured by the government, and Alicia starts to do some serious political and personal research on her own. The results reveal the identity of the little girl's dead parents and reveal that Alicia's husband has had a nasty hand in the government repression and dirty dealings with foreign businesses. She also learns the identity of the girl's grandmother. Her next decision will determine what to do with this information. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Foreign Language Film – null Best Foreign Film – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Foreign Language Film – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Actress – New York Film Critics Circle Best Foreign Language Film – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: [None specified]

Official Story

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 11/09/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 114 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) Spanish

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Freedom [3:20]
2. Alicia [8:59]
3. Literature & History [2:49]
4. Reunion [5:49]
5. Still Drowning [9:13]
6. Moreno [3:26]
7. My Little One [6:45]
8. Misery and Ruin [5:53]
9. Hope [7:13]
10. Dr. Jaifer [1:33]
11. Go in Peace [4:18]
12. Organized [4:44]
13. Clean Conscience [3:07]
14. A Joke [4:24]
15. Progress [4:34]
16. Documentation [4:34]
17. Afraid [4:38]
18. Nothing [7:05]
19. Swept Away [3:35]
20. Bring Them Back [3:05]
21. A Trap [3:07]
22. The Truth [4:05]
23. A Big Scare [5:13]
24. Credits [2:02]

Cast and Crew: Beatriz Thibaudin  Actor 
Aida Bortnik  Screenwriter 
Marcelo Piñeyro  Producer 
Luis Puenzo  Director 
Luis Puenzo  Screenwriter 
Atilio Stampone  Composer (Music Score) 
Héctor Alterio  Actor 
Norma Aleandro  Actor 
Chela Ruiz  Actor 
Chunchuna Villafane  Actor 
Hugo Arana  Actor 
Analia Castro  Actor 
Patricio Contreras  Actor 
Guillermo Battaglia  Actor 
Maria Luisa Robledo  Actor 
Jorge Petraglia  Actor 
Augusto Larreta  Actor 
Leal Rey  Actor 

Country: Argentina