Overview
A woman's journey into the complexities of friendship and love unfolds in a vibrant city.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- observational
- intimate
- quiet evening
- classic cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard Antonioni’s pre-L'avventura adaptation as a finely observed and psychologically rich ensemble drama about female friendship, romantic instability, and bourgeois dissatisfaction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Clelia becomes entangled with Rosetta, Momina, Nene, and Mariella, whose relationships and judgments shape the emotional movement of the story.
The women’s wealth, marriages, affairs, and leisure coexist with loneliness, suicide, and unstable desires.
Antonioni follows overlapping affairs and engagements through cool social observation rather than overtly sensational presentation.
Lorenzo’s portrait of Rosetta intensifies her feelings for him and destabilizes his relationship with Nene.
Films like Le Amiche, and why
La notte
female-centered italian drama examining alienation, desire, and unstable relationships with cool observational precision
L'avventura
Antonioni’s psychologically attentive drama of emotional disconnection, romantic uncertainty, and affluent social worlds
The Women's Room
ensemble relationship drama focused on friendship, marriage, infidelity, and the frustrations of middle-class women
The Earrings of Madame de...
elegant european melodrama about desire, social constraints, and emotionally isolated characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Release Date
- 1955-11-18
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (92)
Cast
- Eleonora Rossi Drago
- Gabriele Ferzetti
- Franco Fabrizi
- Valentina Cortese
- Yvonne Furneaux
- Madeleine Fischer
- Anna Maria Pancani
- Luciano Volpato
- Maria Gambarelli
- Ettore Manni
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Criterion Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Le Amiche about?
- In postwar Turin, a fashion designer’s new social circle exposes the loneliness, desire, and class divisions beneath its polished surface.
- What is Le Amiche like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Le Amiche as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Le Amiche violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Le Amiche as mild.
- What did critics think of Le Amiche?
- Critics broadly regard Antonioni’s pre-L'avventura adaptation as a finely observed and psychologically rich ensemble drama about female friendship, romantic instability, and bourgeois dissatisfaction.
- Which films are like Le Amiche?
- Films with a similar feel include La notte, L'avventura, The Women's Room, and The Earrings of Madame de....
- How long is Le Amiche?
- Le Amiche runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch Le Amiche?
- In United States, Le Amiche streams on Criterion Channel.
