17-year-old Elio Perlman spends his days at his family's Italian villa. When Oliver, a 24-year-old American scholar, arrives for a summer internship, their shared days unfold into a transformative journey of awakening desire.
Stunning locations. Beautiful actors. A gay love story. What more can you want? This is a romance with bite. Timothée Chalamet is sweet in this, despite his recent slip ups. I read the book shortly afterwards – where they reunite and I wish they included that in the film. Who doesn’t wish they had their teenage years as Elio did?
