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An intelligent political film about the 'disappeared' in Argentina.

Buenos Aires schoolteacher Alicia (Norma Aleandro, in a masterclass performance that won her best actress at the Cannes Film Festival) lives in middle-class comfort with her entrepreneur husband and adopted daughter, and in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government.

A teacher of pro-government history - the "offical story" - Alicia soon starts on a moral and political reawakening, when she suspects that her adopted daughter is the child of a murdered political prisoner. As suppressed feelings and buried truths surface, Alicia is forced to confront the stark reality, not only about political oppression, buyt the basis of her own relationship.

Director:

Luis Puenzo [3],

Starring:

Hector Alterio [1], Hugo Arana [1], Chunchuna Villafane [1], Norma Aleandro [2],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Subtitles:

English

Language and Sound:

Argentinian Dolby Digital Stereo

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