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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Jeanine Meerapfel
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Writer
Jeanine Meerapfel
Writer
Osvaldo Bayer
Writer
Alcides Chiesa
Writer
Renée Gundelach
Executive Producer
Klaus Volkenborn
Producer
Christa Vogel
Producer
Jorge Estrada Mora
Producer
Axel Block
Director of Photography
José Luis Castiñeira de Dios
Original Music Composer
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Jorge Ferrari
Costume Design
Rainer Schaper
Production Design
Jorge Marchegiani
Production Design
