The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 13, 1989
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Jeanine Meerapfel

The Girlfriend — Cast

Liv Ullmann María Cipe Lincovsky Raquel Federico Luppi Pancho Lito Cruz Comisario Tito Víctor Laplace Diego Harry Baer Amigo de Raquel en Berlín

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Nicolas Frei Cristina Murta