Luis Puenzo
The Women of the Plaza de Mayo
PostED ON 18.09.2015 AT 5:40
INVITATION - The Official Story by Luis Puenzo: the restored film at the cinema Zola, with the director in person!
Making a special trip from Argentina, the Oscar-winning director of The Official Story will honor the Lumière festival with his presence. This film theater in Villeurbanne specializes in South American works, holding the festival Reflets du cinéma ibérique et latino-américain every March.
Thank you to INCAA. 
The film addresses the theme of missing children in Argentina as seen through the eyes of a mother, Alicia. In 1983, after the fall of the dictatorship and the return of democracy, Alicia, a history teacher, investigates the birth story of her child, adopted in ambiguous circumstances. Iconic actress Norma Aleandro, who drives the rhythm of the story, finely portrays this mother's quest. The film, restored in 2015, earned the Argentinian director an Oscar for best foreign film in 1986.
Luis Puenzo
will introduce The Official Story
on Tuesday, October 13 at Cinéma Comœdia at 2:30pm,
on Tuesday, October 13 at Cinéma Le Zola at 8:30pm,
and on Wednesday, October 14 at the Institut Lumière (1st room) at 7:30pm
