IO SONO L' AMORE / I AM LOVE

A tragic love story that tears at the elegant façade of the haute bourgeoisie, "I Am Love" chronicles the unexpected affair between the Russian wife of a Milanese businessman and a much younger man. Set in upper-class Milano, Emma's world comes crumbling down when she realizes that her daughter is gay. At the same time she enters an affair with Antonio, a chef and a friend of her younger son. When the lovers are caught, their built-up guilt and a series of misunderstandings lead events to a tragic close of operatic proportions. Heavily influenced by Visconti, Luca Guadagnino dissects the uneasy relationship between compulsion and freedom to deliver an insightful study on the inner conflicts of human nature.