In a gilded world of privilege, Emma (Tilda Swinton) risks everything for forbidden love. An awakening that shatters class, identity, and illusion.
In Luca Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, Tilda Swinton’s Emma, an elegant Russian émigré ensnared in Milan’s elite, discovers passion with a young chef, igniting a chain of desire and destruction. Set against a backdrop of wealth and restraint, Emma’s rebellion becomes an act of emotional revolution. With its operatic intensity and visual splendor, this is cinema as sensation and love as liberation.
Rialto Recommends: I Am Love. Tilda Swinton delivers one of her most fearless performances in Luca Guadagnino’s ravishing exploration of passion, class, and self-awakening. I Am Love seduces the senses and pierces the heart. An opulent symphony of desire where emotion topples empire. This isn’t just romance, it’s revolt, wrapped in silk and sunlight.
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Tilda Swinton (Emma Recchi), Maria Paiato (Ida Marangon), Gabriele Ferzetti (Edoardo Recchi Senior)
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Languages
Italian, Russian, English
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English
Country
Italy
Studio
RAI Cinema