The Official Story

The official Story What a tragedy! What is even worse is that this is real history. This film from Argentina represents what was called the dirty war that occurred in the 1970s. I had no ideal what to expect at the beginning of the film. Alicia was a high school history teacher. Her husband Roberto was some type of business man. They appeared to be somewhat well off. Gaby their adopted daughter is sweet, beautiful, and smart. It amazes me how innocent children are. Gaby turns 5 yrs. old shortly into the film. Gaby appears to have loving and doting parents. While Robert and Alicia were at dinner with friends I realized that Robert was probably corrupt. When Alicia's devoted friend Ana came to dinner I could tell that Robert didn't like her. Alicia and Ana didn't see each other for 7 yrs. While they reminisced they seemed like school girls. But then things got serious. Ana started telling Alicia things that had happened to her because of living with her lover Pedro who was a so called subversive. Even though she had not been with him for years prior to her being tortured. She was captured for 36 days. She tells Alicia the horrible things that were done to her and to other women. Ana stated at times she wasn't sure if she was screaming or if it was some one else. Alica asked her how she could tell her these things. I guess that's what it means to be a devoted friend. Then as Alicia cleaned up a drink fell over and spilled on to a picture of Gaby. That seamed to start what i though was meant to be hopeless. But as the film goes on Alicia should we stay wakes up and smells the coffee. After Ana's story and the boys in her history class telling their own views on history she realises that her life is not what it appears to have possible been. I think up until this point she was extremely naive. So when Alicia starts her own investigation about Gaby's biological parents I find this hopefull. Alicia wants to know the truth. Alicia goes to great lengths to find answers. Alicia ended up being a strong woman by the end of the film. Roberto on the other hand ended up being weak and his world was crumbling around him. I saw him as hopeless. He was fully aware of the wrong doings. He was a horrible man to abuse Alicia at the end of the film. I can only hope that she left him. Gaby was the hopefull part and she does have the light at the end of the tunnel. She has Alicia and possible a grandmother who will love her to. If Roberto stays in her life Gaby can give him hope to. Maybe he would be able to change his ways. I didn't like the way the film ended. I wanted to know who would go get Gaby. I didn't want her to feel like Alicia waiting for her parents.