Call Me By Your Name : Elio and His Father Scene (Best Father-Son Conversation)

May 13, 2021 | Following a significant trip, a tender conversation unfolds between Elio and a parent regarding intimacy, emotional vulnerability, and the rarity of genuine connection. The dialogue offers profound wisdom on embracing both joy and sorrow to live authentically.

This clip is of the “sensational” father-to-son conversation in the film, which took place after Oliver had left Elio to return to America after his stay in Italy, and after Oliver and Elio’s summer romance, and to which I referred in my film revue posted yesterday. — Mark

”I Just Want to Be with You”

A short of Elio and Oliver’s story in Call Me By Your Name.

Elio and Oliver Finally Give In to Desire - Call Me By Your Name Clip | Timothée Chalamet

Feb 28, 2026

This film was the very first gay film that I ever remember watching. I stumbled upon it quite by chance after returning home from the States after my partner had passed away, tragically. It was the first Christmas after his death, and I dreaded it.

Whilst surfing the web, reading a newspaper article as I recall, an ad popped up on the side of the page, plugging this movie. I had never heard of it. In fact, I was so in the dark about gay movies that I hadn’t even heard of the actors either!

Anyway, to cut the long story short, I clicked on the ad and found this film. A few days later, having given it some thought, I decided to buy the movie on Amazon Prime.

Boy, was I glad I did! I was entranced by this movie. So much so that I watched it over and over in the months that followed. In fact, I lost count of the number of times I watched it!

I enjoyed this film so much that I decided to write a review for it. It was the firt time I had ever written a review for any movie. But the film was so enjoyable, I felt that I simply had to write one.

This is what I wrote:

Stunningly beautiful! A truly wonderful, moving film for the sentient and tender-hearted!

Powerful and transformative, this wonderful movie is a celebration of love, a celebration of beauty in all its forms, a celebration of enlightened thinking, a celebration of the attraction of a summer in delightful, sunny Italy!

Timothée Chalamet (Elio) and Armie Hammer (Oliver) play their parts splendidly. In fact, all the actors do. Michael Stuhlbarg, the father, with his father-to-son talk towards the end of the film is a sensation; Amira Casar, who plays the part of Elio’s mother, plays her part flawlessly. The parents' acceptance of Elio’s sexuality is an object lesson in parenting perfection.

This superb film excites the senses! It electrifies you! It will probably change your perceptions, too. It has the power to shake a person out of his benightedness!

A celebration of the beauty of pure, gay love; this film shows us all how truly beautiful it can be, with all its joy and attendant pain. This is a love story, showing that love is love, no matter what form that love takes.

The movie will transport you back to the beautiful early 80s, when life was far less complicated. The attention to detail in the film is remarkable. When watching this film, you can feel Italy, feel the Eighties. Because of the filming techniques used, you feel that you are there in Italy along with the characters.

Having read many reviews, I know I am not alone in finding this film extremely moving. If you let it, it will touch something deep inside you, whether you are gay or straight.

The stunning beauty of this movie is what you get when the brilliance of an author such as André Aciman is married with the unbelievable skill of the screenwriter, James Ivory, and the creative genius of the film director, Luca Guadagnino. The result is a masterpiece!

This is a movie for those able to feel deeply. It is one of the finest films I have ever watched. Bravo to all concerned in its production!

Watching this moving film brought back fond memories of times that have past and evoked thoughts of what could have been. Truly touching! Don't miss it! But make sure you have a box of Kleenex to hand. You will surely need one. The movie is bewitching!

If you want to understand the attraction of gay love, this is the film for you! The discovery of a young man’s sexuality is tenderly and tastefully portrayed.

Watching this exquisite film is a not-to-be-missed experience.

There is no doubt in my mind that the film was particularly impactful because I stumbled upon it when I was at the very start of my long period of intense grief after the loss of my partner. I was alone and very vulnerable. This movie really did hit the spot! — © Mark Alexander *

* Just FYI, the original review was written not under Mark Alexander, but under my real name: Richard.

A Moving Scene from the Gay Movie Call Me By Your Name

6 Nov 2020 | Call Me By Your Name takes place in northern Italy in 1983. It stars Timothée Chalamet as Oleo and Armie Hammer as Oliver. The film is directed by Luca Guadagnino.

In this late scene, after seeing off his 24-year-old lover, Oliver, who is from America, and who had been in Italy on a student program, the seventeen-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet), feeling a bit confused about his profound connection with Oliver, is given a pep talk by his father, who is played by Michael Stuhlbarg.

If you haven’t seen this film, I would recommend that you do. I watched it when I was myself grieving for the loss of my American partner. It therefore hit the spot, making a huge impression on me at the time. In fact, so much so that I lost count of the number of times I watched it!

Because of the way the movie was filmed, you feel as though you are in Italy with the characters. Call Me by Your Name is at one and the same time both extremely moving and very fulfilling. Also, as films go, it is very unusual. The scenery is delightful as is the villa it is set in, and the message is profound. For many reasons, it is an unforgettable movie. I believe this was the first truly gay movie I had ever watched. I stumbled upon it by chance: an ad for the film showed up on a web page I was viewing, so I clicked on it. I’m glad I did, otherwise I'd have missed the film altogether. I'm so glad I didn't. If you like films that move you, this is the film for you.

talien: „Call Me By Your Name“ - Das Erwachen der Sinnlichkeit | Stadt Land Kunst | ARTE

Jan 15, 2-24 | Warme Sommertage, feuchte Haut, ein kühles Bad im Fluss – Luca Guadagninos Film „Call me by your name“ aus dem Jahr 2017 erzählt vom Erwachen der Sinnlichkeit. Der 17-jährige Elio verbringt seine Ferien in der Familienvilla auf dem Land. Dort lernt er den attraktiven Oliver aus Amerika kennen. In der idyllischen Natur der Lombardei entbrennen Liebe und Verlangen. Ein leidenschaftliches Verhältnis entsteht, das die jungen Männer für immer prägt.

James Ivory ('Call Me By Your Name') Chats First Love, Possibly Becoming Oldest Oscar Winner Ever

Dec 7, 2017 | James Ivory ('Call Me By Your Name') chats with Gold Derby editor first love, classic Merchant/Ivory films, and possibly becoming the oldest Oscar winner ever. In this Sony Pictures Classics release now playing in theaters, Timothee Chalamet plays Elio Perlman, a 17-year-old American living with his family in Italy during 1983. An older American graduate student named Oliver (Armie Hammer) arrives to stay with the family and work alongside Elio's father Lyle (Michael Stuhlbarg), a Greco-Roman culture professor. Elio and Oliver begin a romantic and then sexual relationship throughout the summer.

Sufjan Stevens : Mystery of Love | From the Film Call Me By Your Name | Sony Soundtrack

Jan 12, 2018 | The movie Call Me By Your Name is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman, written by Oscar® nominee James Ivory and starring Armie Hammer. …

Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love (From "Call Me By Your Name" Soundtrack)

Dec 1, 2017 • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman, written by Oscar® nominee James Ivory and starring Armie Hammer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E, On the Basis of Sex) and Timothée Chalamet (Lady Bird, Little Women). Its soundtrack is a mix of 80s pop, classical compositions & songs by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, including two songs written specifically for the film. …

Revisiting Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name - Official Trailer - Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet

Aug 14, 2017 • Call Me By Your Name, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).

Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart.

One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Armie Hammerbr /> Timothée Chalamet
Michael Stuhbarg
Amira Cesar
Esther Garrel


If you haven’t seen this film yet, you might want to watch it when you have some spare time over the Christmas holidays. I watched it at Christmastime two years ago. I stumbled upon the film by chance. I’m glad I did: I was spellbound by it! I watched it so many times. I lost count how many times in total!

It’s a lovely story; but more than that, it transports one back to a bygone age, a simpler age, when people led less complicated lives. There’s lots of smoking in it, too. Something you don’t see much these days. People actually did smoke a lot back then before people became politically correct and when the notion of secondhand smoke hadn’t been thought of.

But what is particularly enjoyable about this movie, in my opinion, is the fact that one feels as if one is actually in Italy along with the characters. It’s the way it’s been filmed, apparently. The ending of the film is also very good – it’s moving. Very moving!

I was particularly taken by the film because of its setting. It reminded me of the times I spent in Ticino many years ago, in a similar setting. Watching this film was, for me, like a trip down memory lane. Not because of the relationship, because I didn’t have a gay relationship in Ticino, but because of the ambience of the film.

Do yourselves a favour and try and watch it. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. – © Mark

Luca Guadagnino on the Power of First Love in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Based on a novel of the same name by André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name tells the story of two young men who fall in love in Italy in 1983. Director Luca Guadagnino discusses the film's dreamlike aesthetic and the power of first love.

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James Ivory on ‘Call Me By Your Name’ | TIFF 2018

Legendary writer and director James Ivory (Howards End, The Remains of the Day) joins us for an extended introduction and audience Q&A to this year's art-house sensation ‘Call Me By Your Name’, a tender love story set in 1980s Italy for which he wrote the award-winning screenplay.

The Guardian at Tiff 2017: Cast and Crew of ‘Call Me By Your Name’

In the first of three sessions from the Toronto film festival, the team behind acclaimed gay romance Call Me by Your Name – actors Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and director Luca Guadagnino

Author André Aciman: 'I Wrote about Gay Love, Not Realising I Was Taking On the Taboo'

André Aciman is an author and academic, renowned for his novel 'Call Me by Your Name', which was turned into a hugely successful film in 2017 and has been hailed as a modern gay classic.

The story centres on the blossoming romantic relationship between a 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy and a 24-year-old American Jewish scholar. The sequel to the novel, 'Find Me', has just been released.

André talks to Krishnan about obsessive love, his faith in the kindness of humanity and dismissing taboos.

‘Call Me by Your Name’ | Anatomy of a Scene

Luca Guadagnino narrates a sequence from his film featuring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet.

Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of Love (From "Call Me By Your Name" Soundtrack) [Official Audio]

Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices (OST Call Me By Your Name)

Luca Guadagnino on the Power of First Love in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Based on a novel of the same name by André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name tells the story of two young men who fall in love in Italy in 1983. Director Luca Guadagnino discusses the film's dreamlike aesthetic and the power of first love.

André Aciman: The Meaning and Message of 'Call Me By Your Name'

Author André Aciman discusses what inspired him to write his novel, 'Call Me By Your Name', how readers have responded to the book, and his reaction to the novel being made into an Academy Award-winning film.