Le amiche follows the lives of four aimless young women as observed by a newcomer, clelia, who has returned to her native turin to open a fashion salon. A le amiche scene shows clelia eleonora rossidrago and rosetta madeleine fischer fretting nervously inside a cramped train car, then cheering up as they step out. Yet, at the same time, le amiche is a documentary, in the sense that the movie is a literal recording of people interacting with the world. I have seen again le amiche after many years and considered it the best film of antonioni, far better than those other famous films of the inventor of the uncommunication, describing the industrial society of 60s italy. The special features on masters of cinemas wonderful recent release of le amiche focus on it as an indevelopment film. Michelangelo antonioni 29 september 1912 30 july 2007 was an italian movie director and screenwriter. Filmed in 1955, and based on a novel by cesare pavese, a man who comes second only to tomasso landolfi. His major films included le amiche 1955, lavventura 1960, leclisse 1962, and blowup 1966. Download michelangelo antonioni study guide subscribe now. Interviews conversations with filmmakers download free.
Le amiche 1955 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. Jun 27, 2015 le amiche michelangelo antonioni, 1955. A selfmade woman, coming from humble means, travels to turin to scout locations for her successful beauty salon chain. Find release information for le amiche 1955 michelangelo antonioni on allmovie. Protagonistica, koju tumaci eleonora rossi drago je vlasnica rimskog modnog butika koja dolazi u torino osnovati podruznicu, te prilikom boravka u hotelu upozna mladu zenu ciji lik tumaci. The film follows about 5 different stories, and for a while i was having a hard time keeping up with who was who. This is le amiche by nuareblanc on vimeo, the home for. Actually though, le amiche is one of my favourite antonioni films all the same, even though it is an early effort and made when he was still settling his style. Though michelangelo antonioni worked throughout the forties on short documentaries like n. Po zanru je drama i predstavlja adaptaciju romana tra donne sole cesarea pavesea. That is to say, having been made in 1955, it falls well before director michelangelo antonionis most vaunted period the early 1960s, and isnt nearly as esoteric as the work that followed. Le amiche directed by michelangelo antonioni available.
Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Watch le amiche movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Media in category le amiche the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. May 04, 2007 extract from antonioni s film le amiche the girlfriends clelia returns to her native turin to set up a fashion salon. Le amiche criterion collection, bluray, special edition, widescreen, dramaclassics, foreignitalian, 715515178716. Le amichethe girlfriends 1955made amid the collapse of his marriage and a lengthy bout with depressionearned a silver lion award at the venice film festival, but the film that made antonionis reputation was lavventura 1960, the enigmaticsome would say infuriatingstory of a wealthy, beautiful young woman who vanishes while on. Le amiche it translates as the girlfriends but sounds so much better in italian is about a group of women negotiating the complicated demands of work, love and looking fabulous in a.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. A 1955 antonioni movie gets a film forum run the new. Clelia comes from rome to her native turin, to set up a new fashion salon. The dvd issue of le amiche is up to the best of image entertainment in terms of quality of the sharp and clean transfer. As in the passenger, years later, this nextdoor neardeath occasions a journey into her own identity for. The girlfriends is a 1955 italian blackandwhite drama film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti, franco fabrizi, and valentina cortese. This challenging subject territory how women see themselves and how they see each other is what michelangelo antonioni explores in his fourth feature film, le amiche the girlfriends, 1955. Minor antonioni yet still scintillating and masterfully crafted, le amiche takes a big transitional step towards his ultramodernist films of the sixties, often playing out like a dry run for his haunting masterpiece lavventura, especially the scene set at the beach, where the characters aimlessly drift around like listless pensioners against unwelcoming grey backdrops. Unlike antonioni s later films however, le amiche is not quite as focused or confident. Michelangelo antonioni biography, movie highlights and. Michelangelo antonioni was an italian film director, producer, editor, short story writer and screenwriter. Le amiche 1955 michelangelo antonioni releases allmovie.
Excavated from the deep 50s, michelangelo antonioni s le amiche known in english as the girlfriends is an unexpected treasure. Buy le amiche directed by michelangelo antonioni online at alibris. Le amiche, particularly, seem like a movie very much engaged in a dialogue w rossellini and early visconti. This is le amiche by nuareblanc on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The plot revolves around several young, upperclass women living in turin. Le amiche 1955 michelangelo antonioni, eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti, franco fabrizi, drama, romance august 18, 2016 clelia comes from rome to her native turin, to set up a new fashion salon. Michelangelo antonioni simple english wikipedia, the free. Jul 30, 2007 italian filmmaker michelangelo antonioni redefined the concept of narrative cinema, challenging the accepted notions at the heart of storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. Complex, dramatic, and visually seductive, le amiche is not just a fine early work by antonioni, it deserves a place beside his more famous achievements. Le amiche features some of the most impressive ensemble work of antonioni s entire oeuvre, perhaps second only to lavventura, which is essentially an avantgarde reworking of this film. In michelangelo antonioni s le amiche, we see the world of italys postwar upper crust. At the hotel, she encounters some upper middleclass women and she finds herself drawn into their friendships. Le amiche criterion collection special edition, widescreen. Le amiche the girlfriends is a brilliantly observed, fragmentary depiction of modern bourgeois life, conveyed from the perspective of five turinese women.
This biography profiles his childhood, life, film career, achievements and timeline. His first collaboration with cinematographer gianni di venanzo, it was adapted from a story by cesare pavese. This major early achievement by michelangelo antonioni bears the first signs of the cinemachanging style for which he would soon be worldfamous. A key film of antonioni s middleperiod, le amiche the girlfriends finds the italian master expanding his palette in the realm of traditional narrative cinema by way of his powerhouse direction of an ensemble cast, while entrenching his devotion to expressing the emotional makeup of the modern woman. Adapted from cesare paveses novel tra donne sole 1949, the film is about a young woman who returns to her native turin to set up a new fashion salon and becomes involved with a. Cleila eleonora rossi drago has arrived in turin from rome to open a fashion salon, and antonioni s direction immediately addresses identity formation. Michelangelo antonionis le amiche opens with an aerial shot of turin, italy that, in the moment, could easily be mistaken as simply a.
As four of the friends try to make sense of the suicide attempt of the fifth, they find. Prijateljice je italijanski crnobijeli igrani film snimljen 1955. With eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti, franco fabrizi, valentina cortese. She claimed that the congenial smiles among a group of women may often belie far less generous feelings. Le amiche 1955 michelangelo antonioni, eleonora rossi drago. Michelangelo antonioni, italian film director, cinematographer, and producer noted for his avoidance of realistic narrative in favor of character study and a vaguely metaphorical series of incidents. Essays and criticism on michelangelo antonioni antonioni, michelangelo vol. Movies primarily focusing on the upper classes cannot rightfully be considered films about class. Le amiche michelangelo antonioni, 1955 video dailymotion. Le amiche e disponibile a noleggio e in digital download su trova streaming. At the hotel, she encounters some uppermiddle class bourgeoise women to whom she finds herself drawn into their friendships. On her first night, the woman in the next room of her hotel takes an overdose of pills. A key film of antonionis middleperiod, le amiche the girlfriends finds the italian master expanding his palette in the realm of traditional narrative cinema by. She throws in with the group after one, rosetta, succumbs to the social vacuum and attempts suicide in the hotel room next to hers.
Writings and interviews on cinema by antonioni michelangelo download online. Directed by michelangelo antonioni 1955 italy starring eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti, franco fabrizi this major early achievement by michelangelo antonioni bears the first signs of the cinemachanging style for which he would soon be worldfamous. Le amiche er en italiensk dramafilm fra 1955 regissert av michelangelo antonioni. Michelangelo antonioni antonioni, michelangelo vol. Rent le amiche 1955 starring eleanora rossidrago and gabriele ferzetti on dvd and bluray. Michelangelo antonioni cavaliere di gran croce omri. In le amiche, 1955, as in his later films, antonioni shows couples, nominally in love, who cannot communicate with each other privately. A young woman returns to her hometown of turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
The girlfriends is a 1955 italian blackandwhite drama film directed by michelangelo antonioni and starring eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti. Unlike most of antonioni s films, which he wrote himself, le amiche the title translates roughly as the girlfriends was adapted from a literary work, cesare paveses novella among women only. Antonionis lessons learned in le amiche the village voice. Eleonora rossi drago, gabriele ferzetti, franco fabrizi, valentina cortese perhaps the first of antonioni s films to give a clear indication of the direction of his mature style, this adaptation of cesar paveses among women only finds glamourous elonora. Le amiche the girlfriends in english is a 1955 film by the italian director michelangelo antonioni. Michelangelo antonioni celebrity profile check out the latest michelangelo antonioni photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Le amiche may not be one of his most bestknown or most important films, other films of his may have scenes with slightly more staying power and their themes more groundbreaking. Le amiche the girlfriends is a brilliantly observed, fragmentary depiction of modern bourgeois life, conveyed from the. Clelia, a selfmade woman coming from humble means, travels back to turin, her hometown, to scout locations for the successful roman atelier she works for.
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