Io Sono L'Amore

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Emma is the trophy wife of an Italian textile maker. She shines in her roll, instructing servants and organizing high society meetings and parties. The fact that she lives in a cage only becomes clear to her by watching the development of her two children. Her daughter, who studies in England, falls in love with a woman and is ready to break free of her predestined path. On top of that, her son brings a cook home whom he loves platonically. Emma is sent into ecstasy by the magical feast the cook makes for the aristocratic family … Her feelings for the cook bloom like buds of the very first springtime.
This emotional drama is the third time Tilda Swinton has worked with director Luca Guadagnino. He wrote the roll of Emma especially for her. Tilda Swinton is a two time TE DDY AWARD winner (1988 and 2008).
“The camera hugs the actors, telling the story through the smallest details and gestures”, raves the Hollywood Reporter. The music of the renowned opera composer John Adams makes actors and pictures float through rooms, streets and landscapes. Variety compares the director with Hitchcock and Visconti.

Luca Guadagnino deliberated for a long time whether to become a cook or a film maker. As a film maker he follows the rules of good cuisine and prepares his work very thoroughly. He has been working with Tilda Swinton since 1999. In his documentary CUOCO CONTADINO (Peasant Cook, 2005), he explores the gastronomy and region of Sanremo. The heavenly hills above the Mediterranean Sea are the setting for the second act, in which Emma and Antonio passionately make love.

The third act of IO SONO L’AMORE describes a radically changing world. The wealth, the family and the rituals of power all fall apart. What remains is pain, separation, the scent of summer and loving freedom.

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  • Runtime

    120 min
  • Country

    Italy
  • Year of Presentation

    2010
  • Year of Production

    2009
  • Director

    Luca Guadagnino
  • Cast

    Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, Diane Fleri, Maria Paiato, Marisa Berenson, Waris Ahluwalia, Gabriele Ferzetti, Martina Codecasa, Mattia Zaccaro
  • Production Company

    First Sun
  • Berlinale Section

    Culinary Cinema
  • Berlinale Category

    Feature Film

Biography Luca Guadagnino

Born in Palermo, Italy in 1971, he is a director, screenwriter and producer who gained international renown with his film Io sono l’amore (I am Love) which premiered at Venice, was nominated for a Golden Globe and screened in the Berlinale's Culinary Cinema section in 2010. He also works as a director for documentaries and opera. In 2012 he founded the Frenesy Film production company.

Filmography Luca Guadagnino

1999 The Protagonists | 2002 Mundo Civilizado | 2004 Cuoco Contadino | 2005 Melissa P | 2013 Bertolucci on Bertolucci | 2015 A Bigger Splash | 2018 Suspiria | 2019 The Staggering Girl | 2020 Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams | 2020 Fiori, fiori, fiori