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Le Amiche
ITALY · 1955

Le Amiche

Michelangelo Antonioni
class difference female friendship social alienation identity and belonging urban life
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Synopsis

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.

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