The Girlfriend (film)

The Girlfriend
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jeanine Meerapfel
Written by	Osvaldo Bayer Alcides Chiesa Agnieszka Holland Jeanine Meerapfel
Produced by	Klaus Volkenborn Jorge Estrada Mora
Starring	Liv Ullmann Cipe Lincovsky Víctor Laplace Lito Cruz Nicolás Frei Harry Baer
Cinematography	Axel Block
Edited by	Juliane Lorenz
Music by	José Luis Castiñeira de Dios
Production companies	Alma Film Jorge Estrada Mora Producciones Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn Sender Freies Berlin
Distributed by	Arsenal Filmverleih (1991, Germany) Jupiter Communications (1988, Worldwide)
Release date	September 21, 1988 (1988-09-21)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Argentina West Germany
Languages	German Spanish

The Girlfriend (Spanish: La Amiga) is a 1988 Argentine-German historical drama film directed by Jeanine Meerapfel and starring Liv Ullmann, Cipe Lincovsky and Federico Luppi. It was written by Osvaldo Bayer, Alcides Chiesa, Jeanine Meerapfel and Agnieszka Holland. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]