By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois and Peter Spears.
Rating: Excellent.
Luca Guadagnino, director of “ I Am Love” and “A Bigger Splash” brings “Call Me By Your Name”, a sweet and touching love story that has impressive results.
Based on the novel by André Aciman, the movie takes in a summer in Italy during the 80´s and tells the story of Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) a seventeen year old who lives with his parents Mr. Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) an archaelogy proffesor and his wife Anella (Amira Casar).
Elio spends most of his time reading and composing music until he meets Oliver (Armie Hammer) a graduate student who begins to work for Elio`s father as his assistant.
Not only both Elio and Oliver´s life´s will change but they will learn the true meaning of learning and friendship that will lead to something much stronger.
“Call Me By Your Name” is a movie that was making a lot of noise during the second semester of this year and I noticed way. This is an artistic film and is beautifully made.
Luca Guadagnino not only show us the life in a summer in Italy during the 80´s, which is considered one of the most influential in pop culture.
His direction was so good and precise that both Timothèe Chalamet and Armie Hammer were impressive in their respective roles.
The screenplay written by James Ivory, who directed movies like “Howard´s End” and “The Remains of the Day” crafted a marvelous screenplay filled with rich and unique characters with a lot of internal and external conflicts.
The movie tells also two people who are in search of their own identity and the meaning of love and friendship that has never been seen in the screen.
I knew some of the premise of the movie before I watched but I enjoyed it even more and I was very impressed.
The cinematography is very sharp and I love how Sayombhu Mukdeeprom captured every single with the lense and the use of lightning. Every single shot has a meaning in this film and watching is like if you were observing a painting.
I think the movie could have had a shorter length and still would have been an amazing one but still I understand why it had to be this long.
The climax in the film has one of the best dialogue I have ever seen in film and made me cry by moments.
I would not be surprised if we see both Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer score Academy Award Nominations for their performances since they have had nominations in other awards like “Film Independent Spirit Awards”, “Golden Globes” and “Critics Choice”.
One word of advice is that please be totally opened and patient before watching this film since the length can be an issue.
“Call Me By Your Name” is one of my favorite films of this year and I highly recommend it.