Official history (def.): The official history is the narration of the facts with the purpose of justifying the actions and decisions of a regime or doctrine and often advances to the interested reinterpretation
Powerful and though- This story shows a perspective little explored in fiction about dictatorships. Choosing to tell the story from the place of an appropriating mother, who does not know the truth about her daughter's origins, and not from a grandmother of missing grandchildren/children, makes the dark reality unfold little by little, we accompany the path of discovery of the protagonist, and I was very moved. A very empathic look at the situation, but also claiming where it should be.
Ignorance is bliss, and above all a privilege, for Alicia the protagonist of this film who believes and teaches "the official history", but facing the truth, the testimony of one of her best friends and the natural curiosity about the origins of her daughter bring the harsh political reality closer to home. I think this is the first time I've seen Norma Aleandro in a movie, and I understand why she is so admired and loved. I feel that I encapsulate everything very subtly... the doubt, the fear, the empathy, the determination to find the truth but also the pain of facing it, the change in his somewhat disinterested nature, which could even be called apolitical, that change his way of see the world. This path of discovery keeps the movie interesting and I will definitely be looking for other of her movies.
The ending left me a little hesitant, perhaps I was expecting something more emotional and happy for those involved, perhaps I was waiting for a closure that was never going to come.
I ended up tearing up a bit anyway... I can't deny it.
Powerful and though- This story shows a perspective little explored in fiction about dictatorships. Choosing to tell the story from the place of an appropriating mother, who does not know the truth about her daughter's origins, and not from a grandmother of missing grandchildren/children, makes the dark reality unfold little by little, we accompany the path of discovery of the protagonist, and I was very moved. A very empathic look at the situation, but also claiming where it should be.
Ignorance is bliss, and above all a privilege, for Alicia the protagonist of this film who believes and teaches "the official history", but facing the truth, the testimony of one of her best friends and the natural curiosity about the origins of her daughter bring the harsh political reality closer to home. I think this is the first time I've seen Norma Aleandro in a movie, and I understand why she is so admired and loved. I feel that I encapsulate everything very subtly... the doubt, the fear, the empathy, the determination to find the truth but also the pain of facing it, the change in his somewhat disinterested nature, which could even be called apolitical, that change his way of see the world. This path of discovery keeps the movie interesting and I will definitely be looking for other of her movies.
The ending left me a little hesitant, perhaps I was expecting something more emotional and happy for those involved, perhaps I was waiting for a closure that was never going to come.
I ended up tearing up a bit anyway... I can't deny it.
