"Call me by your name and I'll call you by yours."

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2018)

I saw "Call Me by Your Name" a week ago as part of a Saturday double feature. I loved it and thought it was a beautiful film.
The acting in the film was exquisite. Timothee Chalamet gives an incredible breakout performance as Elio, a Jewish teenager questioning his sexuality after developing feelings for Oliver, played by Armie Hammer, a colleague of Elio's father staying over at the family's summer villa in 1983 Italy. I liked Armie Hammer and I thought that he gave a great performance as the (also) Jewish, twenty-something New Englander relenting to his infatuation and attraction to his colleague's seventeen year-old musical son.
One cannot forget about Michael Stuhlbarg, Chalamet's onscreen professor father, who like Hammer, was snubbed of an Oscar nomination. Stuhlbarg's moving monologue about his unconditional love and acceptance for his bisexual son towards the end of the film had me in tears. A tear went down my right cheek twice as I watched his monologue. That is how moved I was. Maybe because I could relate to Elio and his budding feelings and sexual development is why that later scene between father and son hit me close to home.
Chalamet's final scene, as the end credits roll, is heartbreaking, as he sits there by the fireplace at Chanukah-time, saddened after learning that Oliver, the love of his life, is now engaged to a woman. The film finally ends with Elio looking directly into the camera, in European film fashion, as he faces his parents with the woe that has now overcome him. The camera goes to black.
The closing shot reminded me of Celia Johnson at the end of "Brief Encounter" (1945). The affair may be over but the memories will subsist (whether good or bad).
Having read the book, I can say that "Call Me by Your Name" is one of those rare cases where I enjoyed the movie just as much as the book. They go hand-in-hand. They really do.
The book and this movie will stay with me for years and years to come.