The lush, romantic and stirring I AM LOVE starring the tantalizing Tilda Swinton begins Friday at Living Room. This lavish, sprawling drama from filmmaker Luca Guadagnino has drawn numerous comparisons to the films of Luchino Visconti for the grace with which it plumbs the inner workings of the Italian upper crust and those of Douglas Sirk for its romantic melodrama. Swinton plays Emma the dedicated matriach of the wealthy Recchi
family, whose lives’ are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reigns of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo.
But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. Emma’s, existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever.
