Independent Cinema for Everyone

This gorgeous and moving film by Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love, A Bigger Splash), is a sun-kissed queer love story about the relationship between a 17-year-old and an older man. Set in 1983 in northern Italy, teenager Elio is spending his summer at his family's stunning villa, swimming, hanging out with friends, and soaking up the sun. But when a handsome older research assistant arrives to help his father's work, it inspires unexpected feelings in Elio, and a dance of attraction and retreat between the pair begins... Ripe with lush sensuality, this sublime summertime romance casts a very special spell that will be impossible to resist and is bound to be one of the main contenders come Oscar® season...

Dir. Luca Guadagnino, Italy/Fr/Brazil, 2017, 130 mins. Cast. Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg.