I Am Love

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I Am Love

R

2010

1h 59m

Drama

Romance

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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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Critics Consensus

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

Jun 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.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Dec 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.

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Perri Nemiroff

CinemaBlend

Aug 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.

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Fiona Rae

Film Threat

Aug 4, 2025

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.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

Apr 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.

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Jaylan Salah

InSession Film

Apr 21, 2025

A

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.

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Stephen C

@RT69567469 Feb 23, 2025

Visually sumptuous; magnificent Swinton; rushed, unsatisfying ending.

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life Nov 10, 2024

Although it starts slow the movie gains momentum telling it's story especially around the 45 minute mark. Tim Treakle

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Jonathan M

@RT33481126 Jul 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.

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FC S

@RT69206085 Dec 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.

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J K

@RT45085245 Jul 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.

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martona t

@RT52717972 Feb 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.

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Edoardo Jr.

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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

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