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The Girlfriend (1989)

The Girlfriend (1989)

Drama
Release Date: 1989, April 13
Directors: Jeanine Meerapfel
Countries: Argentina, Germany
Production: Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, JEMPSA, JEMPSA
Cast: Federico Luppi, Liv Ullmann, Fernán Mirás, Víctor Laplace, Carolina Papaleo, Claudio Rissi, Harry Baer, Jorge Sabaté, Lito Cruz, Cipe Lincovsky, Bárbara Mújica

Overview:

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.