The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
211 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis PuenzoDirector
- Aída BortnikScreenplay
- Luis PuenzoScreenplay
- Atilio StamponeOriginal Music Composer
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
- Chunchuna VillafañeAna
- Daniel LagoDante
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipbuenos aires, argentinafamily secretshigh school teachermilitary dictatorshiphistory teacherargentinean history1980sstate crimesadopted daughtermother daughter relationship