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I Am Love

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At a dinner -- during which her husband, Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), learns that he and his son Edoardo Recchi Jr. (Flavio Parenti) are about to assume control of the Edoardo Recchi Sr.'s (Gabriele Ferzetti) lucrative business -- Emma (Tilda Swinton) meets a chef named Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini). Antonio and Emma soon find themselves in bed together. With the family already divided over the elder Recchi's unusual plans, Emma's affair is the wild card that might divide the family for good.

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It stumbles into melodrama, but I Am Love backs up its flamboyance with tremendous visual style and a marvelous central performance from Tilda Swinton.

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Nicolas Rapold Film Comment Magazine 06/28/2013
The predictable end, which comes with an abruptness that feels altogether too constructed, completes the fantasy of transgression that's at the heart of the movie's appeal, however elaborate the trappings. Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 12/14/2010
The grand architecture of Milan and the icy rhythms of composer John Adams set the tone for this elegant Italian drama about the suffocating power of family, wealth, and tradition. Go to Full Review Perri Nemiroff CinemaBlend 08/13/2010
3.5/5
Grandiose family drama packed with rich scenery, stirring performances and comprehensive camerawork - if only the rest wasn't so boring. Go to Full Review Fiona Rae Film Threat Aug 4
7/10
With Gaudagnino’s signature framing styles and natural, lush settings, this movie warrants a re-watch to catch the full picture of a beautiful, ultimately tragic story of a family’s undoing through a woman’s search for herself. Go to Full Review Kat Halstead Common Sense Media 04/30/2025
Set mostly in Milan, at the home of a wealthy family, I Am Love is taut with the almost unbearable strain between old fashioned values and forward movement, strict expectation and individuality, careful control and the chaos of impulse. Go to Full Review Jaylan Salah InSession Film 04/21/2025
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I Am Love is a film for those who want to taste the screen and feel the silence. It’s a movie for the dreamers, those who still take long walks on the beach, and despite it shifting tonally completely at the end, it is still a soothing feature. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @RT69567469 02/23/2025 Visually sumptuous; magnificent Swinton; rushed, unsatisfying ending. See more Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life 11/10/2024 Although it starts slow the movie gains momentum telling it's story especially around the 45 minute mark. Tim Treakle See more Jonathan M @RT33481126 07/23/2024 One of the best films of the last 20 years. Tilda proves to be one of the best actors of all-time. The photography and tone are perfect. See more FC S @RT69206085 12/20/2023 Are we absolutely sure this isn't a fashion film? In a good way. And I can write this same comment under Suspiria or A bigger splash. See more J K @RT45085245 07/24/2023 Easily one of my favorites. It's shot so well, acting is phenomenal and the visual story telling is just top notch. His movies always make me want to run away into the northern Italian countryside and grow my own food. See more martona t @RT52717972 02/10/2022 The movie develops slowly to spectacularly round off with a unique spectacle of music and vision. The emotionless noble family is difficult to relate to at the beginning, but when seen complete, the movie justifies each artistic tool used. It is a dramatic portrait of loneliness, isolation and confinement. See more Read all reviews
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Luca Guadagnino

Director

Tilda Swinton

Emma

Flavio Parenti

Edoardo Jr.

Edoardo Gabbriellini

Antonio

Alba Rohrwacher

Elisabetta

Pippo Delbono

Tancredi

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Synopsis At a dinner -- during which her husband, Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), learns that he and his son Edoardo Recchi Jr. (Flavio Parenti) are about to assume control of the Edoardo Recchi Sr.'s (Gabriele Ferzetti) lucrative business -- Emma (Tilda Swinton) meets a chef named Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini). Antonio and Emma soon find themselves in bed together. With the family already divided over the elder Recchi's unusual plans, Emma's affair is the wild card that might divide the family for good.
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Producer
Luca Guadagnino, Tilda Swinton
Screenwriter
Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano, Luca Guadagnino
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
RAI Cinema
Rating
R (Sexuality|Nudity)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.0M
Runtime
1h 59m