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Release Date: 2010

Cast: Waris Ahluwalia, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Diane Fleri, Maria Paiato, Marisa Berenson, Flavio Parenti, Tilda Swinton, Gabriele Ferzetti, Pippo Delbono, Alba Rohrwacher

Categories: Movies, Romantic Drama, Drama Film, Romance Film, World Cinema, Ensemble Film, Family Drama

I Am Love (Italian: Io sono l'amore) is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi. Co-producers Swinton and Guadagnino developed the film together over an 11-year period. The film premiered in the United States at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and premiered in both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. The title is taken from a line from the aria La mamma morta, which... MORE

I Am Love (Italian: Io sono l'amore) is a 2009 Italian film directed by Luca Guadagnino set around 2000 in Milan. The film follows a haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the force of passion. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi. Co-producers Swinton and Guadagnino developed the film together over an 11-year period. The film premiered in the United States at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and premiered in both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. The title is taken from a line from the aria La mamma morta, which is explored in the film Philadelphia (starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington), a scene of which Emma is watching while in bed with her husband, during the film. The film's soundtrack uses pre-existing compositions by John Adams. The wealthy Recchi family are first and second-generation textile manufacturers in Milan. The story of the family's decline develops via subtle means, starting with the opening credits, which show Milan covered in snow. The first cracks in the family facade appear in the first scene, a formal dinner party arranged by Tancredi Recchi (Pippo Delbono) and his elegant wife LESS