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Join us at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, for the kickoff screening of the 2024 fall edition of “Sundays at The U with Movies.”
Our first title will be Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 Oscar-nominated masterpiece “I Am Love,” starring Tilda Swinton.
I AM LOVE | 2009 | DIRECTOR: Luca Guadagnino | WITH: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher | RUNNING TIME: 2 HOURS | RATED R for nudity, sexual content | LANGUAGE: Italian, Russian, English | DIGITAL PROJECTION
Emma (played by Swinton) 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.
““I Am Love” is an amazing film. It is deep, rich, human. It is not about rich and poor, but about old and new. It is about the ancient war between tradition and feeling. For this role, Tilda Swinton learned to speak Italian with a Russian accent, as Tilda Swinton would, but her performance is nothing as trivial as a feat of learning.
“She evokes Emma as a woman who for years has accepted the needs of the Recchis and discovers in a few days to accept her own needs. She must have been waiting a long time for Antonio, whoever he would be.” — Roger Ebert
Tickets are $5 and available at link above. Students use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission (must show Cane card at the door).
