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I Am Love

2010 · 120 min

A lush, slow-burning immersion into desire and repression, where sensory details and emotional restraint build to a devastating release.

Overview
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Luca Guadagnino
Written by
Walter Fasano, Ivan Cotroneo, Barbara Alberti, Luca Guadagnino
Starring
Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, Maria Paiato, Diane Fleri, Waris Ahluwalia
Cinematography
Yorick Le Saux
Runtime
120 min
Country
Italy
Languages
English, Italian, Russian

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