The Official Story
“A truth too frightening to ignore”
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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Cast
53 people
Norma Aleandro
Alicia Marnet
Known for
Son of the Bride
Cousins
Héctor Alterio
Roberto Ibáñez
Known for
The Boat
Son of the Bride
Hugo Arana
Enrique Ibáñez
Known for
Super Crazy
Don't Look Down
Guillermo Battaglia
José
Known for
Intimacies of a Prostitute
Chela Ruíz
Sara
Known for
The Dark Side of the Heart
Patricio Contreras
Benítez
Known for
Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez
Sex with Love
Aníbal Morixe
Miller
Also in
Grecia
Los cien días de Ana
María Luisa Robledo
Ñata
Also in
Rosaura at 10 O'Clock
Chronicle of a Boy Alone
Jorge Petraglia
Macci
Known for
Moebius
Analía Castro
Gaby
Also in
Coche
Chunchuna Villafañe
Ana
Also in
En viaje
Un guapo del 900
Daniel Lago
Dante
Also in
El infiel
High Class Affair
Luis Puenzo Director · Aída Bortnik Screenplay Atilio Stampone Composer
United States release November 8, 1985 · Produced in Argentina · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Progress Communications
Production
Historias Cinematográficas
Production
Cinemanía
Production
Argentina
Produced in
Desaparecidos
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Languages
Original title
La historia oficial
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · April 3, 1985
Theatrical
United States · November 8, 1985
Theatrical
Argentina
March 10, 2006 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
March 24, 2016 · Theatrical · Re-release
Canada
September 13, 1985 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Colombia
June 1, 1985 · Theatrical · (Cartagena Film Festival)
France
May 10, 1985 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
January 22, 1986 · Theatrical
May 15, 2015 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
December 4, 1986 · Theatrical
Italy
February 7, 1987 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 15, 1985 · Theatrical · (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
Netherlands
October 24, 1985 · Theatrical
July 2, 2006 · TV · Nederland 1
Russia
May 20, 1989 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 27, 1987 · Theatrical
Spain
January 31, 1986 · Premiere · Madrid
March 27, 1986 · Premiere · Barcelona
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