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This major early achievement by Michelangelo Antonioni bears the first signs of the cinema-changing style for which he would soon be world-famous. Le amiche (The Girlfriends) is a brilliantly observed, fragmentary depiction of modern bourgeois life, conveyed from the perspective of five Turinese women. As four of the friends try to make sense of the suicide attempt of the fifth, they find themselves examining their own troubled romantic lives. With suggestions of the theme of modern alienation and the fastidious visual abstraction that would define his later masterpieces such as L'avventura, L'eclisse, and Red Desert, Antonioni's film is a devastating take on doomed love and fraught friendship.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese, Madeleine Fischer
Directors: Michelangelo Antonioni
Format: Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 7, 2016
Run Time: 106 minutes
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
Valentina Cortese Nene
Gabriele Ferzetti Lorenzo
Franco Fabrizi Cesare Pedoni, the architect
Madeleine Fischer Rosetta Savoni
Yvonne Furneaux Momina De Stefani
Ettore Manni Carlo
Maria Gambarelli Clelia's employer
Eleonora Rossi-Drago Clelia
Technical Credits
Michelangelo Antonioni Director,Screenwriter
Giovanni Addessi Producer
Suso Cecchi D'Amico Screenwriter
Sorelle Fontana Costumes/Costume Designer
Giovanni Fusco Score Composer
Gianni Polidori Art Director
Eraldo Da Roma Editor
Gianni Di Venanzo Cinematographer
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