I Am Love follows an haute bourgeoisie family through changing times and fortunes, and its disruption by the forces of passion. Edoardo Recchi Sr is the aging patriarch of a Milanese clan that has amassed a significant fortune over the years. Tancredi met, fell in love with, and then married a woman named Emma. But Emma, although not unhappy, feels confusedly unfulfilled. One day Antonio, a talented chef and her son';;s friend and partner, makes her senses kindle. It does not take long before she embarks on a passionate affair with the sensuous young man.