Io sono l'amore

I Am Love
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Country
Italy
Year
2009
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Scriptwriters
Luca Guadagnino / Barbara Alberti / Ivan Cotroneo / Walter Fasano
Cast
Tilda Swinton / Alba Caterina Rohrwacher / Pippo Delbono / Marisa Berenson / Maria Paiato / Flavio Parenti / Edoardo Gabbriellini / Diane Fleri / Waris Ahluwalia
Production
First Sun s.r.l. / Mikado Film

Storyline

“Cinema is a battlefield” (Samuel Fuller). The “battlefield” is the Recchi’s home. Mirrors, flowers, money and coldness. Emma and Tancredi, their children, Elisabetta, Edoardo, Gianluca, their companions and fiancés, the grandparents, the lineage and future generations, amidst the rooms and corridors, snow-covered gardens and spacious kitchens in Villa Recchi, they all celebrate, the handing over and succession in the running of the family business and reinforcements. Progressive reinforcements of roles that are increasingly appalled by the awareness of class distinction, the great Lombard industrial bourgeoisie. Alien to that world, the young cook Antonio, who is little inclined to compromise, condenses emotions in dishes that have no right to be in the family cuisine. Emma and Antonio are two figures who do not fit in in the universe they are part of. Passion takes them on a collision course. Breaking all ties and placing them both in direct contact with nature. It is from here that Antonio finds the inspiration for his creations; it is here that Emma has taken her distance and created a new identity. The price to be paid is exorbitant. There is only one possibility for redemption: love.http://www.antenamediacat.eu/genbnet/authentication/Form.php?cm_id=246

Festivals & Academy awards and others

La Biennale di Venezia 2009
Orizzonti

Releases

Belgium (29 of February 2012)
Germany (28 of February 2012)
Netherlands (26 of February 2012)
France (22 of February 2012)
Italy (19 of February 2012)

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2011
Call number 29/2010
Media support 3,000.00 €

Distribution Territories:
Hungary

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2010
Call number 19/2009
Media support 563,000.00 €

Distribution Territories:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom (Metrodome Distribution)

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2008
Call number 27/2007
Media support 51.800 €

Distribution Territories:
Austria, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2010
Call number 03/2010
Media support 70.000,00 €

Distribution Territories:
Hungary, Germany

Distribution:

Mikado (Italy)
Cinéart Netherlands B.V. (Netherlands)
Ad Vitam (France)
Cinéart (Belgium)
MFA+ Filmdistribution (Germany)