A breathe of

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2017)

To me, this film was pretty much perfection.
It's a beautiful film, set in a beautiful rural Italian setting with a stunning cast. I walked out of this film feeling a lot of emotions, both sadness and happiness. Thanks to both the actors and its production, its remains authentic in nature and never goes off into unrealistic tangents.
Its production is minimal, allowing for the emotional portrayals of the characters to speak loud and in great depth. Armie and Timothee were both brilliant, so good that you can feel that strong lust between them and the utter anguish when that is taken away. It is really captivating to watch for its lengthy runtime.
However my favourite scene was when Elio's father speaks to him on the couch, sharing a poignant lesson he'd learnt from his own life after baring witness to his own son's 'close friendship' with Oliver. This echoes into Elio's phone call to Oliver at the film's conclusion. Theres a real sense of desire and heartache.
It speaks in a lot of truths, the great loss of innocence and realisations at the hands of a man with such maturity and brilliant-knowingness, and the strength to lust through restricted circumstances.
Beautiful film!