A truth too frightening to ignore
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
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Cast
- Norma AleandroAlicia Marnet
- Héctor AlterioRoberto Ibáñez
- Hugo AranaEnrique Ibáñez
- Guillermo BattagliaJosé
- Chela RuizSara
- Patricio ContrerasBenítez
- Aníbal MorixeMiller
- María Luisa RobledoÑata
- Jorge PetragliaMacci
- Analía CastroGaby
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- Luis PuenzoDirector
- Aída BortnikScreenplay
- Luis PuenzoScreenplay
- Félix "Chango" MontiDirector of Photography
- Atilio StamponeOriginal Music Composer
- Juan Carlos MacíasEditor
- Luis PuenzoProducer
- Nora PuenzoProducer
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