The Official Story movie plot
2022-07-06 20:24
In 1983, a middle-class family in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, husband Robertis a manager of a company, and his wife Aliciais a middle school history teacher. He lives happily with his five-year-old adopted daughter, Gabby. One day, Anna, Alicia's "missing" girlfriend for many years, suddenly visits and tells her about her experience of being brutally tortured by the military dictatorship. , but he always hesitated.
After many hard inquiries, Alicia finally found out that Jiabi was the daughter of the "missing person". Now her parents' whereabouts are unknown, and only one grandmother is still alive. She brought Jiabi's grandmother to her husband, but the husband not only insulted the old woman, but also kicked her out of the house and beat his wife brutally. In the end, Alicia quietly left home in the darkness, melted into the darkness, and walked out of the darkness.
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Extended Reading
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Roberto: Where's Gaby?
Alicia: Horrible, isn't it?
Roberto: What's horrible?
Alicia: Not knowing where your daughter is!
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Benitez: [to Alicia in Classroom] Literature and History always meet.
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La historia oficial, la historia perdida. Comentario sobre La historia oficial (Argentina, Luis Puenzo, 1985)
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Secrets can't be hidden under the sun: Comments on the anti-ideology of "Official Statements"
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History has no truth
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A History Teacher's Rethinking of History (Written in 2002)
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History, colon: