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The Official Story (1985) [NR]

Release Date:
April 3, 1985

Original Title:
La historia oficial

Alternate Titles:
A História oficial
A hivatalos változat
De försvunnas barn
Den offisielle historien
Desaparecidos
Die offizielle geschitche
La historia oficial
La storia ufficiale
L’histoire officielle
Resmi tarih
Wersja oficjalna
オフィシャル　ストーリー
官方说法
오피셜 스토리

Genres:
Drama | History

Production Companies:
Cinemanía
Historias Cinematográficas
Progress Communications

Production Countries:
Argentina

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 18  CA: 18A  DE: 16  FR: U  IT: T  KR: 15  NL: 16  US: NR 

Runtime: 112

A truth too frightening to ignore

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.

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Assistant Director:
Raúl Outeda

Assistant Editor:
Hugo Primero

Camera Operator:
Héctor Morini

Casting:
Alberto Casavecchia

Color Timer:
Alexandro Perez

Director:
Luis Puenzo

Director of Photography:
Félix Monti

Editor:
Juan Carlos Macías

Electrician:
Silvio Bonda
Osvaldo Díaz

First Assistant Camera:
Willi Behnisch

First Assistant Director:
Patricia Oyuela

Gaffer:
Ricardo Ormello

Lyricist:
María Elena Walsh

Makeup Designer:
Blanca Olavego

Negative Cutter:
Marta Selvi
Nilda Nacella

Original Music Composer:
Atilio Stampone

Producer:
Nora Puenzo
Luis Puenzo

Production Design:
Abel Facello

Production Director:
Marcelo Piñeyro

Production Manager:
Carlos Latreyte

Property Master:
Oreste Sacchi

Researcher:
Francisco Juárez

Screenplay:
Aída Bortnik
Luis Puenzo

Second Assistant Camera:
Wilson Rodriguez

Second Assistant Director:
Rodrigo Espina

Sound Assistant:
Omar Jadur

Sound Director:
Abelardo Kuschnir

Sound Mixer:
Abelardo Kuschnir

Still Photographer:
María Inés Teyssié

Wardrobe Assistant:
Ana Tasaki

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ticky García Estévez

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