Le Amiche (1955)

68% User Rating

1h 44min

Clelia, a self-made woman coming from humble means, travels back to Turin, her hometown, to scout locations for the successful Roman atelier she works for. At the hotel, she encounters some upper middle-class women and she finds herself drawn into their friendships.

Michelangelo AntonioniDirector

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Eleonora Rossi Drago

Clelia

Gabriele Ferzetti

Lorenzo

Franco Fabrizi

Cesare Pedoni, the Architect

Valentina Cortese

Nene

Yvonne Furneaux

Momina De Stefani

Madeleine Fischer

Rosetta Savoni

Anna Maria Pancani

Mariella

Luciano Volpato

Tony

Maria Gambarelli

Clelia's Employer

Ettore Manni

Carlo

Marcella Ferri

Tiziano Cortini

Dissatisfied Customer of the Pub (uncredited)

Alessandro Fersen

(uncredited)

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Bob Taylor

Rating 80%

February 18, 2017

This film is taken from one of Cesare Pavese's finest works. It's seen through the eyes of Clelia, a fashion designer who has left her native Rome to start a business in Turin. There she witnesses a suicide attempt by Rosetta, a woman whose life, and the lives of Momina and Nene will influence Clelia's greatly. Marriage, men and money are the chief elements of the plot. This is one of Antonioni's finest films, from the period before L'avventura when he was exploring the themes that would preoccupy him for his entire career.