A sumptuous love story

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2018)

Call Me By Your Name is a movie that is meant to be felt and savoured, not analysed. The tender shoulder rub that Oliver gives Elio, the way Elio brushes his hands over Oliver's hairy chest when looking at his pendant, that gentle kiss at the end of that foot rub... so many scenes just crackling with sexual energy.
Oh, and I loved the hush that fell on the audience in that last scene where the father was telling his son about embracing his pain. So heartbreakingly beautiful. And that lingering close-up of his face was the best way the movie could have ended.