Call Me by Your Name 4K 2017 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

Italy, 1983. Seventeen-year-old Elio spends the summer in the villa of his parents, an American professor and an Italian translator. The well-read and inquisitive young man dilutes his usual summer activities like swimming in the sea and lazy flirting with his girlfriend Marcia by reading and transcribing classical music. One day the serenity of the summer vacation is interrupted by the arrival of Elio's father's assistant, the young American scientist Oliver.

Review 4K Movie

I saw "Call Me by Your Name" five years after its release and, one might say, by accident. I must confess that after the movie I didn't fully understand the raves about it, so I decided to read its literary basis and then the sequel, Find Me, written by Asiman.

My first impression of the film is that it is very dragging, just like a hot summer day followed by a stuffy night. Nothing seems to happen, and our minds lazily sleep, not even observing the characters. Although every now and then some glimmers of movement make us awake and keep us from falling asleep for good. But if one does not limit oneself with the first impression and make an effort, then one understands that this is no dream, but the main character's languor, who is trying to wade through the dense stream of his own feelings, which pull him in different directions. It so happens that in this flow one of the currents (the feeling for Oliver) turned out to be stronger, drawing Elio with it and, apparently, determining his entire future fate. But I think things might have gone differently if another person had come to Elio's father that summer as an assistant.

You could say it was fate, and neither Oliver nor Elio chose it. And when that fate happens, they are happy. Let it be for a few days, but everything seems to work out right and well for them. And at the end of the summer we learn that while fate cannot be undone, it can be accepted - or not. What's more, life gives many different fates to choose from. And at the very end of the film, each of the characters has made a choice.

In part, the movie feels like a long and rather pointless trailer for the novel. It doesn't do justice to Asiman's words about the multiplicity of lives that each person can live at the same time. Whereas in the book, the author has ajar the distant future of the characters - in the film, we say goodbye to Elio the teenager.

But the director was able to convey another idea - empathy, the importance of understanding and accepting the person. Even Elio and Oliver understood each other only by the end of the summer, and then lamented the lost time. But Elio's parents, though seemingly minor characters, are a real blessing to him. There is apparently no passion between the parents for a long time, but there is unity and respect for each other and for their son, and a sense of truly high love. And it is Elio's conversation with his father that carries the most important message: "Don't be afraid! Don't hide from your feelings! Just remember that I'm there for you." And this is the strongest and brightest scene of the film.

I wrote the main thing, and I thought: what could scold (and wanted to at first).

Maybe Oliver should have been younger and livelier (he's only 24, and in the movie - clearly over 30). Then Oliver would not have looked like a juvenile molester (and his feelings for Elio were also unexpected). Or reveal more about Elio's relationship with Marcia (and there was a relationship between them, albeit fleeting)?

But perhaps the overall impression of the film, as a coherent work, would not be affected by the fulfillment of my desires. So let it be as it turned out: the film leaves a pleasant, warm impression, although the idea of reviewing it again is unlikely to come to mind any time soon.