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I love foreign films mainly European.
Just for something a little lighter I thought I'd post a really short movie review occasionally starting with my thoughts about a film I saw tonight:
This film attracted widely varying opinions. It is about a rich Italian business dynasty which begins to disintegrate when a tragedy unfolds within the family. The Russian born family matriarch Emma (played by Tilda Swinton) is drawn away from her life of tradition and wealth when she falls shamelessly in love with her son's friend.
At first I thought the film to be a little boring but as it developed I became more and more intrigued by the subtlety and contrasts within the film in the settings and musical score. A film truly in the modern Italian genre.
Like 'Stealing Beauty' the film used landscape, art, sounds and food to paint an truly thoughtful and highly intelligent film of modern Italy.
It was a film of such strange contradictions it took great skill to weave together this tapestry of history, love, longing, landscape, grief and family into an impressionistic whole.
I was puzzled by the dark shadowy scene during the credits.
Let yourself languish in this exquisite piece of Italian Cinema.
Here is a link to a teaser:
I am Love (io Sono L'amore) teaser
Here is a link to a teaser:
I am Love (io Sono L'amore) teaser
Andante
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