We Really Hit It Off From The Very Beginning And Really Enjoyed Each Other’s Company, And Also Really

"Could you talk more about building chemistry with Timothée, especially in the way that Elio doesn’t like Oliver at first but you get closer as the film goes along."

We really hit it off from the very beginning and really enjoyed each other’s company, and also really both were so excited to just get into this process in this tiny town with Luca. And just immerse ourselves and sequester ourselves in this film. I always say that when you watch the film, the same feeling that gets distilled into the hour and forty minutes or however long it is, is the same feeling that we lived in for months. So it was just this amazing process and Timothée and I both just loved doing it, and we really grew to love each other. I mean, I was just talking to him on the phone right before I talked to you, just catching up. We saw each other yesterday. Our relationship was fantastic, and he’s just so great to work with, and he’s so open and honest and emotionally raw as a person that it’s refreshing. He’s a special person.

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Elio is Mama’s Boy

One of the things that strike me in the CMBYN movie as being a little bit different, yet somehow still quite substantial, is the subtle knowing and influence of Annella Perlman towards Elio’s and Oliver’s blossoming relationship.

Here ini the first meeting between Elio and Oliver, we first get a glimpse of their handshake from mrs. Perlman’s point of view.

And then there are the small knowing looks that Annella gives off during certain scenes like she knows exactly that her son is smitten with Oliver. Including thev”look” she gave during the morning after scene.

Annella Perlman also subtly in her own way, convinces Elio to pursue his feelings for Oliver. Noted during to speak or to die”, telling Elio that Oliver likes him too and suggesting that Elio goes with Oliver to Bergamo.

Many people remarked on Elio’s much coveted father-son relationship with prof. Perlman. However, during the entire movie we can just how much Elio also loves and adores his mother.

A crucial change during the goodbye scene that is not in the book, but tore me up so much more (yes, motherly hormones) is the fact that when his whole world came crumbling down…the one person he turned to for support and confort…is his mother. And Annella Perlman delivered, in her own quiet dignified way.

Lastly, when every single one of us was reduced ta sobbing mess…crying alongside Elio during the end credit scene, one voice managed to pull him back from the brink of despair…telling him with just one word that “we are here…I am here for you”…that soft gentle voice calling with love, “Elio”.

Now I may be wrong about this, but I think this was deliberately done by Luca. Remembering the story of how he turned down people who wanted to finance the movie because they wanted the mother to be the antagonistic character, in the end Luca and/or James did the opposite and turned the mother into a hero in her own way. ❤️❤️❤️

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