A summer of youth

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2017)

This movie reminded me firstly of my summers spent in France at my grandparents house. The lazy summers of childhood and sun. It reminded me secondly of the summers spent in Italy during my teenage years, the warm nights where the sweat clings to your skin, spending most of your days in swimwear. This movie was nostalgic for me, I closed my eyes and I could feel the summer. The splendid camera work heightens the feel of the movie, it brings you in and doesn't let you go. The love story between Elio and Oliver was full of sensuality and emotion, like a beautiful piece of piano music or the first bite of a delicious peach. Hammer and Chalamet portray a astonishing relationship that is interwined with growing up, sexuality and the finallity of summer.