Sunday, January 18, 2009

¿Quien soy yo?

Gaby, the young girl at the heart of The Official Story, is taken, at age five, from the parents she has known and returned to her biological grandmother.  Her mother is dead, likely the result of torture due to dissident views and activities.  Gaby was taken from her mother at birth and given to her adoptive family because her mother was a "disappeared one."  

I imagine that Gaby's life would depend on what her grandmother tells her.  Since Grandma had not given up hope of finding Gaby, it is likely that she would tell Gaby about her mother; Gaby would learn that Mom fought against the government and corruption.  Perhaps to carry on her mother's work, Gaby herself would become a revolutionary.  

Just as many of the men we have seen in this course's films are burdened or buoyed by the sins of their fathers, I think Gaby would be influenced by her mother.

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