"I am Love" Italian film

Mar 14, 2010

Admission: 

$10 general admission, $7 students, $4 for students; $50/Festival Pass

The 13th Annual European Union Film festival in Chicago screens the Italian film I am Love - (IO SONO L'AMORE) directed by Luca Guadagnino.

Considered a major discovery at international film festivals last year, I AM LOVE had critics reaching for comparisons to Sirk and, especially, Visconti in its elegant portrayal of a wealthy Milan family undone by melodramatic disaster. The stage is set when heir-apparent Tancredi is snubbed by his father, but the coup de grâce comes when Tancredi’s apparently contented wife (the amazing Swinton, speaking undubbed Russian-accented Italian) embarks on a mad affair with her son’s friend and business partner. Guadagnino’s lush visual style is complemented by an outstanding score (his first for a film) by noted American composer John Adams. In Italian, English, and Russian with English subtitles.

Special advance screening courtesy of Magnolia Films. 35mm. (MR)

2009, Luca Guadagnino, Italy, 120 min.
Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabbriellini

Additional Showing
March 15 at 7:45pm

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