The Official Story(1985)
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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Alicia Marnet
Roberto Ibáñez
Enrique Ibáñez
José
Sara
Benítez
Ñata
Macci
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