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'''''Le amiche''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|The Girlfriends}}) is a 1955 Italian black-and-white [[drama film]] directed by [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] and starring [[Eleonora Rossi Drago]], [[Gabriele Ferzetti]], [[Franco Fabrizi]], and [[Valentina Cortese]]. Adapted from [[Cesare Pavese]]'s 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 troubled woman and her three wealthy women friends.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Le amiche |publisher=Internet Movie Database |url=httphttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047821/ |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> The film was shot on location in [[Turin]], Piedmont, Italy.<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Locations for Le amiche |publisher=Internet Movie Database |url=httphttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047821/locations |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref> ''Le amiche'' received the [[Venice Film Festival]]'s [[Silver Lion]] award in 1955, and the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon Award for Best Director (Michelangelo Antonioni) and Best Supporting Actress (Valentina Cortese).<ref name="imdbawards">{{cite web|title=Awards for Le amiche |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=httphttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047821/awards |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>

* [[Ettore Manni]] as Carlo<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for Le amiche |publisher=''Internet Movie Database'' |url=httphttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047821/fullcredits#cast |accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>