1955 · drama · italian
Le Amiche
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni1h 44m1955
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.
Our read: Le Amiche (1955) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · italian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / italian, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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