Does anyone think that Antonio was in love with Emma?

because he was.they were simpatico.






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Is to share what we have.

I agree that Emma is the one that pursued the affair, and Antonio mostly just went along for the ride. In the scene at the bar where she specifies the menu (Ligurian?), Antonio was clearly uncomfortable to even be there, and Emma was the one that grasped his hand in a more-than-businesslike way.

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I don't think she cared if he loved her or not, it was her escapism, she was perfectly aware she was going into a relationship with a younger man who might consider their relationship as a lustful and fleeting one. I guess she was 'living the moment' for lack of a better description.

Antonio was crazy in love with Emma. When the "Recchi Wives" had lunch at Antonio's restaurant, where she had her epiphany prawns, outside after the meal he practically hand writes a note about where and when he would be in San Remo. He saw and profoundly understood her reaction to his exquisite cooking.

Next: When Emma finally arrives in San Remo on that day, she spies the Russian Orthodox Church, where Antonio is picked up on radar.

but

Isn't it really Antonio who is snaring Emma? The camera angles and editing show inconsistencies on the part of Emma and Antonio during the San Remo street/book store scenes, they are very tricky.

He may have been waiting to see if she would arrive in San Remo, he would know about the Russian church and he would know she would be drawn to the beautiful building. Yes, he had a bag of produce to give to the chef but it was Antonio who KNEW she was in the bookstore, asks yourselves how could he have known if he hadn't known exactly where she was, once she caught sight of him. It is painfully clear he looks directly into the bookstore, that is what unnerves her and it is enough that she walks out of the store with the book, as she not so mysteriously slams into him. Later, up on the mountain, the way he walks up behind hers just captivating and as natural as the birds and the bees flying around them.