Synopsis
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
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Cast
- Tilda SwintonEmma Recchi
- Flavio ParentiEdoardo Recchi Junior
- Edoardo GabbrielliniAntonio Biscaglia
- Alba RohrwacherElisabetta Recchi
- Pippo DelbonoTancredi Recchi
- Maria PaiatoIda Marangon
- Diane FleriEva Ugolini
- Waris AhluwaliaShai Kubelkian
- Mattia ZaccaroGianluca Recchi
- Ginevra NotarbartoloRachele Piermarini
Recommendations
- 100
Variety
In every sense, I Am Love is a stunning achievement. - 100
Observer
I Am Love fuses the past with the changing future in a marvelous traditional narrative without a shred of the sloppy trends of contemporary filmmaking. - 100
Village Voice
When Guadagnino focuses solely on the primal, the effect is spellbinding. Only the words get in the way. - 88
Miami Herald
I Am Love is a bold and thrilling masterpiece -- the introduction of a major talent to the world's stage. - 83
The A.V. Club
What keeps the story fresh isn't so much Guadagnino's swooning sense-reveries, which sometimes flow with dreamlike wonder and sometimes just drag; instead, most of the power comes from Swinton, who always makes the most of characters imbued by passion, but straitjacketed by expectations. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
An ambitious film, and Guadagnino deserves praise for the risks he takes here. - 80
Empire
A stately, rich and moving Italian melodrama in the spirit of Visconti. - 80
Time Out
Director Luca Guadagnino is having so much fun setting up the Kubrickian chill (even Barry Lyndon's Marisa Berenson is on hand) that when Emma and the much younger Antonio finally come together in warming Sanremo, their tryst almost sneaks up on you.
