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The official story [videorecording] = La historia oficial / Historias Cinematográficas presenta a ; un film de Luis Puenzo ; libro cinematográfico de Aída Bortnik y Luis Puenzo ; direccíon, Luis Puenzo ; [produced by Marcelo Piñeyro].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: KLF-DV-3031 | Koch Lorber FilmsLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Publication details: Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch Lorber Films, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 141720057X
  • 9781417200573
Other title:
  • Historia oficial
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .H5786753 2004
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 -- Language: Spanish 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English.
Production credits:
  • Production design, Abel Facello ; costume design, Ticky García Estevez ; editor, Juan Carlos Macías ; director of photography, Félix Monti ; music, Atilio Stampone and María Elena Walsh.
Awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Jury Prize and Best Actress (Aleandro), Cannes Film Festival; Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film
Cast: Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruíz, Patricio Contreras, Aníbal Morixe, María Luisa Robledo, Jorge Petraglia, Amalia Castro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Daniel Lago, Agusto Larreta, Laura Palmucci, Leal Rey, Floria Bloise, Lidia Catalano, Deborah Kors, Carlos Weber.Summary: An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
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Originally released as an Argentine motion picture in 1985.

Special features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 -- Language: Spanish 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English.

Production design, Abel Facello ; costume design, Ticky García Estevez ; editor, Juan Carlos Macías ; director of photography, Félix Monti ; music, Atilio Stampone and María Elena Walsh.

Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Hugo Arana, Guillermo Battaglia, Chela Ruíz, Patricio Contreras, Aníbal Morixe, María Luisa Robledo, Jorge Petraglia, Amalia Castro, Chunchuna Villafañe, Daniel Lago, Agusto Larreta, Laura Palmucci, Leal Rey, Floria Bloise, Lidia Catalano, Deborah Kors, Carlos Weber.

An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.

DVD, widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Jury Prize and Best Actress (Aleandro), Cannes Film Festival; Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film

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