Watch this when
Call Me by Your Name
Don't rush to feel nothing. What you're grieving mattered.
Who it's for
Call Me by Your Name treats first-love heartbreak as something worth feeling, not fixing.
Sad→Self-Compassion
Feelings it meets
What it is
Luca Guadagnino's drama, adapted by James Ivory from André Aciman's novel, is set in northern Italy in the summer of 1983. Seventeen-year-old Elio Perlman lives with his parents when his father, an archaeology professor, invites Oliver, a 24-year-old American graduate student, to stay and assist with his work.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Sexual content involving a 17-year-old.
Age: R (sexual content, nudity, some language)
Life has become richer by the love that has been lost.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 223
