A young woman returns to her home town of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
This Italian drama, based on a novella by Cesare Pavese, follows Clelia (Eleonora Rossi Drago), a young woman from Rome who relocates to Turin to open a fashion boutique.
Clelia soon meets and befriends a group of wealthy and cultured women, including the artistic Nene (Valentina Cortese) and the lively Mariella (Anna Maria Pancani).
Tensions develop within the group, however, when Nene's fiancé, Lorenzo (Gabriele Ferzetti), becomes interested in one of the other women.
Cast: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese, Yvonne Furneaux, Madeleine Fischer, Anna Maria Pancani, Luciano Volpato, Maria Gambarelli, Ettore Manni
Based on Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella Tra donne sole (lit. "Among women only" or "Among single women"), Le amiche portrays a group of five upper-class women in Turin and their various relationships with men.
It premiered at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Silver Lion.
About this movie
Title: Le Amiche | The girlfriends (1955)
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Date of birth: 29 September 1912, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Date of death: 30 July 2007, Rome, Italy
Writing credits: Michelangelo Antonioni, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Alba de Céspedes, Cesare Pavese (Based on Tra donne sole)
Music: Giovanni Fusco
Year: 1955
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Color: Black & White
Runtime: 106 min.