Le Amiche [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni

Overview

Internationally renowned Italian director Antonioni is behind this interesting psychological character study. The protagonist is a young Roman girl who returns to her native Turin, gets involved with a group of hipsters and has an affair with a young architect. Though she cares for him, she is an ambitious woman and does not want to live in poverty. Her friend is an artist. Though he is married, he has an affair. When he tells her that he is giving up women in favor of his art, his despondent lover kills herself. Later the Roman woman returns to the city.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/07/2016
UPC:	0715515178716
Original Release:	1955
Rating:	NR
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	4,581

Special Features

New conversation with scholars David Forgacs and Karen Pinkus on the film's themes; New interview with scholar Eugenia Paulicelli on the importance of fashion in Antonioni's work

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eleonora Rossi Drago	Clelia
Gabriele Ferzetti	Lorenzo
Franco Fabrizi	Cesare
Valentina Cortese	Nene
Yvonne Furneaux	Momina
Anna Maria Pancani	Mariella
Ettore Manni	Carlo
Luciano Volpato	Tony
Maria Gambarelli	Clelia's employer
Michelangelo Antonioni	Actor
Marcella Ferri	Actor
Madeleine Fischer	Rosetta Savoni
Giovanni Fusco	Composer

Technical Credits

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Michelangelo Antonioni

Giovanni Addessi	Producer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico	Screenwriter
Michelangelo Antonioni	Screenwriter