How do you interpret what Elio's father says to him at the end of Call Me By Your Name?

Dwight 2022-03-23 09:01:38

Elio's father himself is a scholar from a high education. First of all, he is acceptable to homosexuality. This is from when he invited gay friends to his house for dinner and taught Elio not to show disrespect just because they were gay. And so on (the original words have been forgotten)

Secondly, Elio's father said that he was very envious of his son to have such a very beautiful friendship, even more than friendship. And revealed that he was very close to such a relationship when he was young, but for various reasons it did not happen. This shows that he was very eager to have such a relationship, and such regrets will even accompany him for life. He didn't want such regrets in his heart to happen to the son he loved so much, so he told him what he felt like a father and a friend. He is not a father like others, and he can accept that such a relationship exists. He didn't want Elio to forget or never feel such a relationship or memory or what might happen in the future just because he felt hurt. Instead, I hope he will remember this feeling and insist on what he thinks and feels. God only gave us a body and mind once. We should follow our soul, follow our own feelings, and love what we love.. .

Such family relationships and insights were very rare at that time, and even in the current era. However, it is such a dialogue that allows Elio in the movie to let go of some inner burdens and fully embrace such a rare and precious emotion, so that he will remember it for a lifetime and will not interfere with this pureness because of other thoughts. love, but also firm up their own thoughts and feelings.

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Call Me by Your Name quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Oliver: Later!

  • Art Historian 2: Cinema is a mirror of reality and it is a filter.