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Luca Guadagnino (Italian: [ˈluːka ɡwadaɲˈɲiːno]; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director and producer. His films are characterized by their emotional complexity, eroticism, and lavish visuals. Guadagnino has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Lion, alongside nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards. Born in Palermo, Guadagnino spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia. However, the family returned to Italy to escape the Ethiopian Civil War. Guadagnino began his career directing short films and documentaries. He made his feature-film debut with The Protagonists (1999), the first of his many collaborations with actress Tilda Swinton. His follow-up, Melissa P. (2005), was a commercial success in Italy but was met with mixed critical reception. Guadagnino gained further acclaim with his Desire trilogy, which consists of the films I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), and Call Me by Your Name (2017). The latter brought him international recognition. Suspiria (2018), a remake of the 1977 film, was Guadagnino's first foray into the horror genre. It was a box office failure and polarized critics. Guadagnino's following projects were We Are Who We Are (2020), a coming-of-age miniseries for HBO, the romantic horror film Bones and All (2022), the romantic sports film Challengers (2024), and the period romantic drama Queer (2024). Guadagnino directed several documentaries, including Bertolucci on Bertolucci (2013) and Salvatore: The Shoemaker of Dreams (2020). Aside from filmmaking, he has been involved in the fashion world, directing advertisements for brands like Fendi and Salvatore Ferragamo. In 2012, Guadagnino founded the production company Frenesy Film Company. He also produced Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014), The Truffle Hunters (2020), Salvatore: The Shoemaker of Dreams (2020), Holiday, and Enea (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Luca Guadagnino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Set in the glamorous but decaying coastal villa of Amalfi, Love to Lay tells the story of Clara, a restless and ambitious aspiring architect, who is invited to stay at the opulent home of Nina, a world-renowned fashion photographer, to work on the restoration of her estate. Clara is immediately drawn into Nina’s magnetic, volatile world. Nina is enigmatic, cold, and utterly intoxicating, living a decadent, hedonistic lifestyle but harboring dark secrets beneath her confident exterior. As the two women grow closer, their relationship becomes a whirlwind of lust, obsession, and manipulation. Clara starts to question whether Nina’s interest in her is genuine love or if she's merely a pawn in Nina’s self-destructive games. As Clara becomes more entangled, she learns about Sylvia, Nina’s former lover, who mysteriously disappeared a year ago. Whispers from locals suggest Sylvia was driven to madness by Nina’s mind games. Clara starts to uncover hidden letters, eerie photographs, and haunting memories within the villa that point to something far darker than a simple breakup. As passion turns to paranoia, Clara must decide if Nina is her lover or her captor—and if Sylvia’s fate will soon become her own.
