Call Me by Your Name
Chiamami col tuo nome
Me Chame Pelo Seu Nome
Directed by:
Luca GuadagninoScreenplay:
James IvoryCinematography:
Sayombhu MukdeepromCast:
Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois, Peter Spears, Vanda CaprioloPlots(1)
It’s the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family’s villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his fried Marzia. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The performances of Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet have received all the honours, but the hero, and the main reason why Call Me by Your Name is one of the best films of the year, is the director, Luca Guadagnino. It’s amazing how he managed to capture the atmosphere of the place and the time where a story like this can happen. Summer in Lombardy, where everything is soaked in rich history, antiquity and the renaissance, the love for knowledge, the fascination for art, philosophy and beauty as such – of body and mind. That’s why the monologue of the father at the end makes sense and why it could be so non-conflicting.
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A gentle story of one summer that hides a surprisingly strong added value thanks to its free atmosphere. Though at first it seemed a bit too artsy for a love story, from the moment an elusive feeling starts to emerge between the piano notes, Luca Guadagnino was effortlessly leading me on a hook. And however much some viewers may argue that two hours is too long for a story unfolding this casually, I would gladly welcome another two. I was so tense, afraid this delicate bond would break.
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If awards were given solely for building an atmosphere that supplements the narration of a story, Guadanino would need to build a two-story shed in his garden to house them. Call Me By Your Name is an incredibly focused film that you have to watch with attention to find meaning in the details and the snippets of a story unbound by logical conflicts and twists. There were moments when it felt tedious and aloof, and the message didn’t hit me right in the heart, but this is a big movie, no doubt, with brilliant performances and a narration with a feeling for credible emotions about the complexity of deep human relationships. Moonlight may have won the Oscar, but compared to this formally precise probe into male intimacy, it feels like a very shallow and empty wannabe arthouse flick (which it basically is). 85%
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Timothée Chalamet and his portrayal of a teenage boy unsure of his orientation who falls in love with an older intern is fine, but that's about it. The performance is respectable, but the rest isn't worth much. The locations are uninteresting, the plot is practically non-existent and the 130 minutes are just too much. A huge borefest...
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To be honest, this film is nothing special. A summer Italian drama from the eighties, whose benefit is certainly the music, which makes this movie quite interesting. However, the acting is nothing unique. The premise of The Brokeback Mountain is set in the Italian countryside and highlighted by culture, historic buildings, beaches and first loves. Everything is good, I would just simply leave out the main plot.
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