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The Girlfriend

The Girlfriend

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 13, 1989

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

La amiga

Production Companies

Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, JEMPSA

Director

Jeanine Meerapfel

Description

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.