![In the Italian film 'I Am Love' (2009), the Recchi family — a filthy rich clan of textile merchants — lives in the mansion designed by architect Piero Portaluppi.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/SV2PZPBLUFE4XKJIB333ZN5RVU.jpg?auth=510f0ec742f1b9c394072086e2c835c7cd3127020d04b4553eb0cb6a2c194e3b&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Villa Necchi, the mansion that survived Mussolini and conquered Hollywood
The former family home of a series of rich industrialists from Milan was designed by Piero Portaluppi, a prolific Italian architect. Today, the residence is visited as a monument and used as a film set