I Am Love (2009)

Synopsis: The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Luca Guadagnino’s I AM LOVE, starring Tilda Swinton, which recently bowed in Venice and... The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Luca Guadagnino’s I AM LOVE, starring Tilda Swinton, which recently bowed in Venice and Toronto to great critical acclaim. A sumptuous, ambitious and complex drama, I AM LOVE features a masterful performance from Swinton, who speaks Italian and Russian in the film. Compared by critics to Visconte’s The Leopard in its skillful dissection of the cultivated lives of an aristocratic Italian family, I AM LOVE was born out of a longtime friendship between Guadagnino and Swinton, who previously collaborated on 1999’s The Protagonists and began discussing the project over seven years ago. Also starring Flavio Parenti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Pippo Delbono and Edoardo Gabbriellini, it features a powerful score from acclaimed minimalist composer John Adams, and costume design from fashion icon Jil Sander.

I AM LOVE tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family of Milan, whose lives are rapidly changing. The family patriarch has surprised the family by willing shared ownership of his massive industrial company to both his son Tancredi (Delbono), and his grandson Edoardo Jr. (Parenti). Meanwhile, Edoardo Jr. has other plans, dreaming of opening a restaurant with a talented chef friend, Antonio (Gabbriellini). At the heart of the family is Tancredi’s wife and Edoardo Jr.’s mother, Emma (Swinton), a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan, and whose existence is shaken when she enters a passionate love affair with her son’s friend Antonio. --© Magnolia [More]

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Screenwriter: Luca Guadagnino

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