This coming of age film is beautifully shot and beautifully written. The story surrounds one six-week period during the early summer of 1983 in a small town in the north of Italy. A graduate student (Armie Hammer) comes to work with a college professor (Michael Stuhlbarg) as his research assistant at his home and where the professor's 17-year old son, Elio (played to perfection by the Oscar nominated Timothee Chalamet) eventually falls in love with the student.
Without being exploitative in any way, director Luca Guadagnino leads us through a beautiful coming of age story of young love and two very different characters. Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet have great chemistry on screen and you feel for both these characters. Armie's character, Oliver, is still very much in the closet and never really comes to terms with his sexuality, but Timothee's character, Elio, is very much open to his and finally begins to except himself for who he is along with the help and encouragement of his father (Michael Stuhlbarg). One of the most beautiful scenes in gay cinema history takes place between Elio and his father. Kudos to the Luca Guadagnino and the brilliant actor, Michael Stuhlbarg, for such an incredible scene of unconditional love between parent and child.
This film broke my heart. I was moved tremendously! This film so deserves the Oscar nomination for Best Film it's received and I personally feel that Timothee Chalamet deserves to win the Oscar for his touchingly beautiful performance in this film! Don't miss this film!
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