Academy Awards, USA 1986
| Winner Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Argentina |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Luis Puenzo Aída Bortnik |
Almi Pictures
Directed by Luis Puenzo
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Cohen Media Group)
A high school teacher and her husband, an official in the Argentine government, live a comfortable life with their adopted daughter. The arrival of an old friend who has been in exile awakens her to the tactics being employed on innocent people by the ruling dictatorship. After hearing a story of babies being stolen from women giving birth while in custody, she begins to wonder about the origins of her own daughter. Her research gradually leads her to the truth. Extremely well acted, if talky, story based on real political events of the time. Its indirect, almost timid, approach to the subject matter limits the emotional impact it should have had, but still devastating. The final scene is haunting.
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