Emma has 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.

Tilda Swinton
as Emma Recchi

Flavio Parenti
as Edoardo Recchi Junior

Edoardo Gabbriellini
as Antonio Biscaglia

Alba Rohrwacher
as Elisabetta Recchi

Pippo Delbono
as Tancredi Recchi

Maria Paiato
as Ida Marangon

Diane Fleri
as Eva Ugolini

Waris Ahluwalia
as Shai Kubelkian

Mattia Zaccaro
as Gianluca Recchi

Chiara Tomarelli
as Anita Toffoli
Filipe Manuel Neto
**Despite Swinton's powerful performance, Luca Guadagnino proved it a mistake to put narrative at the service of technique.** What is the origin and focal point of cinematographic art? It's a question that seems rhetorical, but which, for me, is fundamental to understanding the problems of this f...
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“Emma” (Tilda Swinton) left an ordinary life in Russia to move to Milan where she married local industrialist “Recchi” (Pippo Delbono) and had three kids. She likes the life and it’s privilege, but she’s hardly challenged nor fulfilled. Their daughter “Elisabetta” lives in Nice and two sons “Edo” (F...