Plan Historia Oficial

1. Pics of madres de la plaza de mayo - who are they? What are they looking for? 2. Guerra sucia – brief explanation 3. 1st scene – introduces themes of film – discuss 4. Plot synopsis 5. Theme of history - school scene – ‘history is written by assassins 6. Question of guilt / idea of not knowing. ‘Se los llevaron, por algo debe haber sido’ – scene with Ana and Alicia 7. Symbolism – Gaby’s bday party + bringing home of doll 8. Hiding Gaby + Slamming fingers scene – does it reveal Roberto’s true identity – Alicia echoing rhetoric of plaza mothers + synecdoche of torture applied to regimes victims. ? 9. Is it ok to allegorise – is this skimming over things and making it more palatable for an international audience. Does it present a stereotypical image of Latin America – dictatorships inevitable etc?