CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2009
I Am Love posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2009 2h 0m ITA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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I Am Love

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Emma 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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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Emma Recchi

Flavio Parenti

Flavio Parenti

Edoardo Recchi Junior

Edoardo Gabbriellini

Antonio Biscaglia

Alba Rohrwacher

Alba Rohrwacher

Elisabetta Recchi

Gabriele Ferzetti

Edoardo Recchi Senior

Maria Paiato

Ida Marangon

Marisa Berenson

Allegra Rori Recchi

Diane Fleri

Eva Ugolini