The Girlfriend
1989 · ★ 5.3 · Dir. Jeanine Meerapfel
Since childhood, Raquel and Maria have been close friends. Now all grown-up, Raquel has fulfilled her dream of becoming an actress, while Maria has married a handyman, given birth to three children and runs the family household. In the wake of the Argentine military coup of 1976, Maria's oldest son Carlos is abducted. Desperate, Maria turns to her prominent friend for help. Yet the more Raquel gets involved in the search for Carlos, the more she becomes herself a target of the junta. Finally, she flees from Argentina to Berlin. Meanwhile Maria joins a group of women who investigate the fate of their disappeared relatives. In 1983, after the fall of the dictatorship, the two friends meet again.
- Released
- 1989-04-13
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Language
- ES
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Liv Ullmann
María
Cipe Lincovsky
Raquel
Federico Luppi
Pancho
Lito Cruz
Comisario Tito
Víctor Laplace
Diego
Harry Baer
Amigo de Raquel en Berlín
Nicolas Frei
Cristina Murta
Gregor Hansen
Chela Cardalda
Amancay Espíndola
Fernán Mirás
Pedro
