Revisiting Call Me By Your Name.

Call Me By Your Name (Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer) has received backlash for portraying a ’borderline pedophilic’ and potentially abusive relationship in a positive manner. Personally I think these gray elements of the film only add to the enticingly ’taboo’ nature of the relationship initially set up by its homosexuality; but I know there are many who disagree. And yes, Oliver does know he cannot stay with Elio but I maintain that - as I said at the end of this video - the main antagonist in this film is anxiety surrounding heteronormativity. Oliver knows that this is the only chance he has to experience this kind of love. The two moments which humaised Oliver’s complex dilemma for me were 1. when he said “Do you have any idea how glad I am we slept together? “ and 2. When he reflects on his actions in the ’fire dream’ sequence shown at the end of this video. In both of these moments we empathise with his struggle, and so he is not an ’antagonist’ in the