IMDb plot summary: In 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.
Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Amira Casar.
There are a lot of things about this that I really love. There are some stunning performances here and some really lovely bits of dialogue. (I was particularly drawn to Michael Stuhlbarg's ending monologue.) That being said though, I had a real tough time with the age gap between the characters. Even taking into account the much lower age of consent in Italy and how assertive Elio is in this relationship, he is such a *teenager* that it is tough not to see Oliver as predatory from very early on, and that colors the story in ways I couldn't get past. A lot of good things, but one that weighs down the rest of the movie for me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Call Me By Your Name < Oliver Twist
Call Me By Your Name > The In-Laws
Call Me By Your Name > A Dangerous Method
Call Me By Your Name > Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
Call Me By Your Name > The 'Burbs
Call Me By Your Name > Must Love Dogs
Call Me By Your Name > The Dresser
Call Me By Your Name < Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Call Me By Your Name > A Time to Kill
Call Me By Your Name > The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
Call Me By Your Name > Cinderella (1950)
Final spot: #1441 out of 2857.
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