Back الحكاية الرسمية (فيلم) Arabic التاريخ الرسمى ARZ رسمی حسابات AZB Официалната версия Bulgarian La historia oficial Catalan La Historia Oficial Welsh Die offizielle Geschichte German La historia oficial Spanish La historia oficial Basque گزارش رسمی Persian
| The Official Story | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Spanish | La historia oficial |
| Directed by | Luis Puenzo |
| Written by | Aída Bortnik Luis Puenzo |
| Produced by | Marcelo Piñeyro |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
| Edited by | Juan Carlos Macías |
| Music by | Atilio Stampone Song: María Elena Walsh |
Production companies | Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania Progress Communications |
| Distributed by | Almi Pictures (US theatrical) |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The Official Story (Spanish: La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine historical drama film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe and Hugo Arana. In the United Kingdom, it was released as The Official Version.[1][2]
The film deals with the story of an upper middle class couple who lives in Buenos Aires with an illegally adopted child. The mother comes to realize that her daughter may be the child of a desaparecida, a victim of the forced disappearances that occurred during Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976–1983), which saw widespread human rights violations, including many thousands of murders.[3][4]
Among several other international awards, it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, a first for a Latin American film.[5][6]
It was selected as the eighth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000.[7] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 28 position.[8] Also in 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time.[9]
- ^ Channel 4 Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine film review.
- ^ Time Out London Archived 2006-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Time Out Film Guide 13, 2007.
- ^ Atrocities in Argentina (1976–1983) Holocaust Museum of Houston
- ^ CONADEP, Nunca Más Report, Chapter II, Section One:Advertencia, [1] (in Spanish)
- ^ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ Chavez, Lydia; Times, Special To the New York (1986-03-24). "THE TALK OF BUENOS AIRES; THE OSCARS TONIGHT: ARGENTINA WAITS WISHFULLY". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La Mirada Cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
- ^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Borrull, Mariona (July 17, 2022). "Las 20 mejores películas argentinas de la historia". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Madrid: Hearst España. Retrieved December 6, 2022.