Amanda

Amanda (2022) is an Italian tragicomedy from writer-director Carolina Cavalli, ready to watch online on iFILM. A 24-year-old decides to make a friend — by force, if she has to.

Born into money and drifting through life alone, Amanda has never had a single friend, though it's the thing she craves most. Her plan is equal parts absurd and tender: convince Rebecca, a childhood companion she barely remembers, that the two of them are still best friends. Benedetta Porcaroli makes her prickly, ridiculous and oddly magnetic.

Cavalli's debut runs on deadpan humor, washed-out color and a heroine who irritates and charms in the same breath. It's for anyone who loves oddball loners in the vein of Kaurismäki or Lanthimos. Stream Amanda (2022) online on iFILM.