LOVE AT FIRST SLIGHT...!

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2018)

One of last year's best picture nominees (& eventual winner for James Ivory's adapted screenplay) is a beautiful ode to love. A professor in Italy takes in his usual summer intern which catches the eye of his 17 year old son during the summer of 1983. That the intern is an older man may make some rankle at the idea but the intelligence & maturity in the way the love affair is handled is admirable when a lesser filmmaker may have gone for something tawdry or exploitative. Timothy Chalamet gives a performance for the ages tracing the nuances & difficulties of one's first love & the final speech by his father, played by Michael Stuhlbarg, makes you catch your breath at its insight & wisdom. Thanks to all involved.