Director Luca Guadagnino (1971)

We Are Who We Are (2020), co-created and directed by Luca Guadagnino, is a 2020 miniseries on HBO and Sky Atlantic. It’s a coming-of-age drama set on a fictional U.S. military base in Chioggia, Italy in 2016, focusing on two American teens. Through their experiences of friendship, first love and identity, the series captures the thrill and heartache of being a teenager. Although the story could take place anywhere in the world, this specific setting offers a glimpse into this unique American community within Italy. Fraser Wilson and his mothers, Colonel Sarah Wilson and Major ...

Luca Guadagnino’s supernatural horror film, Suspiria (2018), was written by David Kajganich and draws inspiration from Dario Argento’s 1977 Italian film of the same name. Set in West Berlin during the German Autumn of 1977, it follows the story of Susie Bannion, an American from a Mennonite family in Ohio who enrolls at the Markos Dance Academy. The academy is still reeling from the mysterious disappearance of one of its students, Patricia Hingle. Patricia had confided in her psychotherapist, Josef Klemperer, ...

The romantic drama film, Call Me by Your Name (2017), is directed by Luca Guadagnino. Set in Northern Italy, the Perlmans own a villa outside of Moscazzano where they spend their summers and Hannukah. This year, they’ve invited an American graduate student named Oliver to join them for six weeks and assist Professor Perlman with his work. During his stay, Oliver befriends Elio, the seventeen-year-old son of the Perlmans, and his female friends all swoon over his preppy good looks. Though Oliver casually pursues one of these girls, Chiara, Elio – who is still exploring his own masculinity – ends up ...

A Bigger Splash (2015) is a psychological drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino with a screenplay by David Kajganich, based on a story by Alain Page. Set in an isolated villa on the small Italian island of Pantelleria, the film follows world-famous rock singer Marianne Lane and her filmmaker lover Paul De Smedt as they vacation together. Marianne is recovering from surgery and has lost her voice, communicating through signs and whispers. Meanwhile, Paul is overcoming alcohol addiction and a recent suicide attempt. Despite ...

I Am Love (2009) is an Italian romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. The wealthy Recchi family, known for their textile manufacturing in Milan, gather for a formal dinner party hosted by Tancredi and Emma to celebrate the birthday of their patriarch, Edoardo Sr. Despite his declining health, Edoardo Sr. remains a strong presence in the family business. As the busy servants work around them, the family shares disappointment over Edoardo Jr.’s recent loss in a competition on the same day as his grandfather’s birthday. But Edoardo Jr. soon arrives with news that he has invited his girlfriend Eva, ...