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The Official Story

"A truth too frightening to ignore"

7.5(191 votes)
1985
1h 52m
DramaHistory

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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Progress Communications
Historias Cinematográficas
Cinemanía

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