Eva Week Four

The movie I am writing about is Call me By Your Name. The category for my paper is film criticism.

The movie Call me by Your Name is a love story between a seventeen-year-old young man Elio and his father’s academic assistance, who is a 24-year-old American professor, Oliver. They met in a summer in Italy, when Oliver came to Elio’s father’s house to help with research. During the six weeks, Elio eventually reveals his love for Oliver, who was also in love, and they spent the rest of the six weeks together before Oliver leaves Italy and goes back to his normal life. In the winter, Oliver calls back to Elio’s family, telling that he was getting married to a woman, and the movie ends with Elio crying alone before the fireplace.

The argument I want to make is that the Elio and Oliver are a modern example of the ancient Greek pederasty, and how the movie makes use of multiple symbols related to love between males. I am also going to give opinion on whether the symbolism helps improve audience’s experience with the movie.

Concern: I do not know what exactly counts as mythical elements in the movie, and I don’t know how to incorporate a second movie into this film criticism.