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In
the mid-70s Argentina's military dictatorship carried out
a brutal campaign of torture and murder against thousands
of its own citizens. Alicia, the sheltered wife of a wealthy
businessman, begins to unravel the horrifying legacy of her
country's past. She looks into the background of her own daughter,
adopted at birth, and discovers that she may have been stolen
from a family of los desaparecidos (the disappeared ones).
She has to decide whether to keep digging to see if this is
the case, or continue to live in ignorance in order to avoid
the risk of tearing apart her own life and family...
The
Official Story
is both an incredibly moving and shocking film. Alicia is
a history teacher - one who, until recently, has believed
the historical events written down in the history books as
an accurate retelling of history. It is only when an old friend
of hers reappears on the scene and recounts a tale of how
she was tortured and raped by the authorities, that Alicia
starts to wonder whether her daughter was stolen at birth.
As
Alicia trawls through the archives looking for any proof of
who her daughter's parent's were she starts to wonder whether
her husband has always been aware of the fact that their daughter
may not have been given up so freely by her real parents.
This
movie asks the viewer to question the official line. Why is
it that atrocities are covered up? This is not unlike our
own history of the Second World War - atrocities were carried
out on both sides, yet it is only the horrors that the Germans
undertook which are recounted in the history books.
A
powerful piece of cinema which, while a little dated, is still
worth watching.
Nick
Smithson.
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