Often I try to find lesser known films by directors whose works I have seen in the past. Michelangelo Antonioni has always been challenging but satisfying for me. I saw this on the list of films and that it was available. I just never got into it. When I was young I avoided foreign film because my early experiences were films like this. We have a group of selfish people who talk past each other. If their trials are of no interest to me, I quickly lose interest. Here we have a woman who wants to open a business in Turin and circumstances, including a suicide attempt, bring her into the arms of a trio of women and some men who think they are God's gift to the world. We also have the tiresome, loudmouth older Italian women who think only of themselves. Perhaps for the right audience this would be interesting. For me it was dull, loud, and insignificant. I suppose the in 1955 Antonioni was getting a grasp on filmmaking.
Review of The Girlfriends
