The Girlfriend
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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.
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Liv Ullmann
María
Known for
Persona
Cries and Whispers
Cipe Lincovsky
Raquel
Known for
Apartment Zero
Juliane Lorenz
Renée Gundelach
Jeanine Meerapfel
Osvaldo Bayer
Also in
Alsina's Trench
Awka Liwen
Federico Luppi
Pancho
Known for
Cronos
The Devil's Backbone
Jorge Estrada Mora
Alcides Chiesa
Axel Block
Lito Cruz
Comisario Tito
Also in
The South
The Innocents
Agnieszka Holland
Jeanine Meerapfel Director · Agnieszka Holland Writer Osvaldo Bayer Writer
United States release February 1, 1990 · Produced in Argentina, Germany · Languages German, Spanish
Production
Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG
Production
JEMPSA
Production
Jorge Estrada Mora Producciones
Production
Argentina · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La amiga
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
German · Spanish
Release dates
Spain · September 21, 1988
Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
Argentina · April 13, 1989
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1990
Limited theatrical · Miami International Film Festival
Germany
February 17, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
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