User:Livelaughlove11234/Call Me by Your Name (novel)

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This article encases the plot line of the book Call Me by Your Name. In this novel that is now a movie, we are taken on a journey of two men exploring their own sexuality and humanity. Set in Italy, the two men meet due to Elio's (younger boy) father inviting an American exchange student to come live with them over the summer. Throughout the summer, the men explore and grow closer to each other, filling the piece of them that was missing. While we only follow them through a course of a few months, we witness them fall drastically and stupidly in love. After the summer, the two depart and life takes them separate ways. While Olivers life continues, Elio has never stopped thinking about him.

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One day, Elio confesses his attraction to Oliver, and they kiss on a berm where Claude Monet had supposedly painted some of his pictures. When Elio makes an advancement onto him, he rejects him. (removed intimate scene)

Oliver and Elio grow distant in the subsequent days. Elio begins an affair with Marzia, a local girl around his own age that was madly in love with him. After going days without speaking, seeking reconciliation, Oliver slips a note under Elio’s bedroom door, with a plan to meet at midnight. Elio feels guilty about the encounter and decides that he cannot continue his relationship with Oliver. (removed gruesome details about the encounter and objectifying Marzia)

Before returning to the United States, Oliver decides to spend three days in Rome, where he is accompanied by Elio. The two roam the streets, drinking and falling more in love despite the upcoming dreaded moment of Oliver leaving. Elio is extremely heart broken and upon returning from the trip, he is saddened to find that his belongings have already been returned to his original bedroom that was once filled with Olivers things, and that all traces of his short visit have vanished. Clearly distressed, Elio has a discussion with his father about the twos "friendship." His father is very supportive and understanding, claiming he wishes he had experienced such a thing in his lifetime. He fully approves of the friendship (and relationship) between Elio and Oliver. (removed sexual encounters and talked about their trip to rome)

That Christmas, Oliver again visits the Perlman family, and announces that he intends to marry next summer. Oliver and Elio fall out of touch, and do not communicate with each other for many years. (removed a line that spoiled the end of the book/movie)