The film contrasts the "icy cold" and orderly Milanese high society with the "vibrant and kinetic" passion found in nature and food.
Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian-born woman who married into the powerful Recchi family decades ago, lives a life of stifled luxury as the family matriarch. I Am Love(2009)
Set in turn-of-the-century Milan, the film explores the meticulously ordered lives of the Recchi family, a wealthy textile manufacturing dynasty. The film contrasts the "icy cold" and orderly
Emma embarks on a passionate affair with Antonio, which eventually shatters the family’s rigid social structures and leads to a tragic climax. 2. Themes & Symbolism I Am Love(2009)
The film contrasts the "icy cold" and orderly Milanese high society with the "vibrant and kinetic" passion found in nature and food.
Emma (Tilda Swinton), a Russian-born woman who married into the powerful Recchi family decades ago, lives a life of stifled luxury as the family matriarch.
Set in turn-of-the-century Milan, the film explores the meticulously ordered lives of the Recchi family, a wealthy textile manufacturing dynasty.
Emma embarks on a passionate affair with Antonio, which eventually shatters the family’s rigid social structures and leads to a tragic climax. 2. Themes & Symbolism
