- Country: France, Germany, Italy
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1990-11-01
- Director: Margarethe von Trotta
- Writers: Margarethe von Trotta
- Language: German
- Stars: Stefania Sandrelli , Barbara Sukowa , Sami Frey , Jan Biczycki , Alexandre Mnouchkine , Jacques Sernas , Kadidia Diarra , Pierre Deny , Bernard Tachl , Sotigui Kouyaté
- Runtime: 105 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: L'africana , The Woman from Africa , O Retorno (Brazil) , The African Woman , Afrykanka (Poland) , A visszatérés (Hungary) , L'africana (Italy) , Die Rückkehr
- Plot:
Serious, logical Martha (Barbara Sukowa) and dreamy, superstitious Anna (Stefania Sandrelli) have been best friends. That is, until Martha’s lover Victor (Sami Frey) decides he’d rather be Anna’s lover. Mortified, Martha flees to Africa, leaving the field clear for her ex-friend. When Anna comes down with cancer, she pleads with Victor to get her to come back and somehow put this rupture in their friendship behind them. Curiously, Martha does come back, and after some understandable tension and a few bitter words, they manage to reestablish their friendship, though it is now on a different basis.
- IMDB:tt0098991
L’africana Cast · · · ALL
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Barbara Sukowa
Martha
Stefania Sandrelli
Anna
Sami Frey
Victor
Jan Biczycki
Swinarski
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Andrej
Jacques Sernas
Dr. Wargnier