The Official Story

This was a very sad movie about the anguish an adoptive mother feels when confronted with the fact that the birth mother of her child had unwillingly lost her child. She seemed at first oblivious to the fact that this was possible. It was as though she was living with blinders on and disconnected herself from the realities of the world around her. It was only once events started occurring in her own life that she could no longer avoid seeing what was going on in the world around her. One such event is when her friend Anna, who was captured and tortured, blatantly told Alicia babies were being taken from their mothers in captivity. Another is when the students in her history class posted current event clippings related to these issues. Thirdly was when she witnessed protests in the plaza, where the parents of these missing young adults are pleading for the release of their children and grandchildren. She became obsessed with the need to know if her daughter, Abby, was one of these babies and struggled greatly with the thought of it being true. It wasn't until she met Abby's biological grandmother and heard the personal story of the plight of her family and saw the pictures of Abby's birth mother and father that she began to reconcile with this fact. She began to realize that despite the heartache and upheaval that would occur in her life, she must do what is morally right. It was obvious her husband, who was  morally corrupt, did not agree and treated her violently when she tried to talk to him regarding this. Being an adoptive mother myself, I can only imagine the pain she experienced as she realized she had been deceived and her happy family was nothing but an illusion.