A Summer is as Long as Half a Lifetime

By Chilimovie - 22 July 2021

Putting aside all the movie labels, and the so-called "peach scenes" that will be talked about for a long time, etc., those are gimmicks to increase people's conversation, but return to the simplest and most simple emotion itself, this is a movie that will make everyone Find a movie that resonates.

In the last 20 minutes of the movie, the emotions of me and all the audience present have reached saturation. As long as Elio cries, I will shed tears; looking at his lonely face, I can't stop sobbing. This year there hasn’t been any movie that made me feel so empathetic, so that after the screening, the creator took the stage and thanked me, but my mood still didn’t calm down. The resonance that this movie brings to me is unprecedented. It does not mean that it reminds me of a certain person, but the inferiority complex, infatuation, admiration, and reluctance of feelings in my memories have all come to mind.

Towards the end of the film, Elio escorted Oliver to the train at the train station, and the two did not say a word of farewell. Oliver has always been proud and confident. It is impossible to say sensational words. Elio is sensitive and strong. It is even more unlikely that he will lose his footing at such a moment. So the two are relatively speechless, as if whoever shows up first, whoever loses. The same. All they can do is to hug each other tightly for the last time, relying on the last hug as a carrier for each other's smell, body temperature, and strength of skin contact, and imprint them deeply in each other's minds. The train drove away, and Elio sat lonely on the bench on the platform, looking in a trance, but there was no way to calm down, so he stood up at a loss, but didn't know what to do. Finally he walked to the phone booth and dialed the home phone. At that moment, he completely broke down, crying bitterly and begging his family to take him home. All the fragility, and finally there was no way to hide it for another second, as the audience saw this paragraph really let Heartbroken. The person I love has left this place full of memories of the two, although they will miss each other, but for those who stay in the same place, they have to bear more sadness and cruelty. Because every inconspicuous place may be different because it carries the memories of "you", but at this time, only "I" bears it alone. If you think about it a little bit, it will be heartbroken. In his mother’s car, Elio cried unabashedly, and returned home and returned to the room where Oliver lived. His smell has not disappeared, and the memories of being together are still fresh and hot, but never again. The only way to touch the one he loves is to lie down on the bed he slept in, wrap up the large shirt he left behind, and try to accept the fact that the lover is leaving.

Summer is finally over, winter is coming, how many days and nights, time will alleviate all the pain a little. However, the brief calm that Elio had obtained was upset by a phone call from Oliver. The two people casually exchanged information about each other on the phone, and when they heard that Oliver was about to get married, Elio seemed very calm, which was expected. After the greeting, they fell silent, Elio sank into the chair, and in a mumbling tone, he began to call Oliver on the other side of the earth by his name over and over again. Do you remember at that time, in your arms, you told me, Call me by your name, and I will call you by mine... At this moment, the boy was defeated again. After hanging up the phone, Elio walked from one room to another casually, with a relaxed expression pretending to be calm, the fire was crackling, he walked over, squatted down, and tears began to flow unwillingly. The camera was here to follow his crying face all the way, and then a list of cast and crew appeared. This scene is the last scene of the movie, and it is also the saddest scene of the movie. Forgetting you is the hardest thing I have ever done, but just a simple phone call i'm giving up all of my effort.

I have to say that Timothée Chalamet, who plays Elio, perfectly interprets such a sensitive and intelligent young man with his superb acting skills. Walking out of the theater, it seemed that I had experienced a broken love again.