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Genre: Romance | Coming-of-Age | Drama
Starring: Timothรฉe Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Directed by: Luca Guadagnino
Based on the novel by: Andrรฉ Aciman
Plot Summary:
Set against the sun-soaked beauty of northern Italy in the summer of 1983, Call Me By Your Name is the story of Elio Perlman (Timothรฉe Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old spending the season at his familyโs countryside villa. When Oliver (Armie Hammer) โ a confident, enigmatic American scholar โ arrives to assist Elioโs professor father, the two are pulled into a slow-burning romance that neither expects, but both will never forget.
What begins with glances and literary debates blossoms into something tender, passionate, and ultimately unforgettable โ a love that exists within a moment, but lingers for a lifetime.
Direction & Style:
Director Luca Guadagnino crafts a film that feels more like a memory than a movie โ rich in texture, silence, and longing. The cinematography captures the golden haze of youth and desire, where every peach tree, sunbeam, and ripple in the lake becomes part of the emotional landscape.
The film is sensual without being explicit, and powerful in what it chooses not to say. Itโs an ode to subtlety, to aching pauses, and to love in its rawest, most formative form.
Performances:
Timothรฉe Chalamet gives a career-defining performance as Elio โ fragile, brilliant, and emotionally exposed. His final monologue (or lack of one) is a masterclass in silent acting.
Armie Hammer brings warmth, magnetism, and a hint of melancholy to Oliver, making the character as alluring as he is unreachable.
Michael Stuhlbarg delivers one of the most heartfelt father speeches in cinema history โ a quiet scene that leaves a permanent mark.
Themes & Emotional Impact:
At its core, Call Me By Your Name is a story about first love, identity, time, and the pain of remembering. It doesnโt follow conventional arcs. Instead, it flows, like summer โ fleeting, beautiful, and quietly devastating when it ends.
The title itself becomes a mantra of intimacy: โCall me by your name, and Iโll call you by mine.โ A declaration that to love someone is to see yourself in them completely.
๐ฟ Verdict: 5/5 โ A tender, timeless love story that captures the ache of summer, self-discovery, and the bittersweet beauty of a love that leaves a scar, not a wound.
