Although the 2003 “Cautiva” shares a plot very similar to the 1985 “The
Official Story”, there is one crucial difference. In “The Official
Story”, the adopted daughter of desaparecidos parents is only 5 years
old and is too young to be emotionally torn apart by the knowledge that
her adoptive parents were part of the system that killed her birth
parents. Most of the drama in the 1985 Argentinean movie revolves around
the mother's mounting feelings of guilt and her eventual break with her
husband, a conservative businessman.
In “Cautiva”, the adopted child is a teenager whose world is torn apart
when she discovers that she is the daughter of desaparecidos as well.
The movie begins by placing Cristina Quadri (Bárbara Lombardo) into her
social context. She is an utterly conventional girl who goes to Catholic
school and has just celebrated a birthday thrown by her adoring parents,
who she adores in turn. Her family life can be described as one of utter
middle-class normalcy.
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/cautiva-the-monastery/
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