Le Amiche
1955 · Movie · NR · 104 min · ★ 6.7 · 95% critics
Clelia, a self-made fashion professional, returns to her hometown in Turin to scout locations for her workplace. At a hotel, she is drawn into the friendships of several upper-middle-class women, where love, money, and marriage complicate their bonds.
Based on Women on Their Own
Also known as The Girlfriends
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Details
- Original title
- Le amiche
- Years
- 1955
- Release date
- 1955-11-18
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (90 votes)
About
Pick this up if you enjoy relationship-focused “friend group” dramas with elegant 1950s style and sharp social observation; Not for you if you dislike slow, talk-heavy stories like White Nights or Love in the City.
Pros: engaging female friendships; sharp class tensions; memorable melodrama | Cons: heavy dialogue pace; uneven character likability; some find it dull
Awards & recognition
- Grolla d'oro — Best Direction · 1956
Cast & crew
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Clelia
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Lorenzo
Franco Fabrizi
as Cesare Pedoni, the Architect
Valentina Cortese
as Nene
Yvonne Furneaux
as Momina De Stefani
Madeleine Fischer
as Rosetta Savoni
- AP
Anna Maria Pancani
as Mariella
- LV
Luciano Volpato
as Tony
Maria Gambarelli
as Clelia's Employer
Ettore Manni
as Carlo
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni