Call Me by Your Name Page #15

ELIO gets under the covers. There are some things lying on

the bed that hadn’t been removed -a book, some magazines, a

pack of cigarettes, and ELIO slips a foot under them as if

they weren’t there; they all fall onto the floor.

OLIVER gets under the covers too and starts to undress ELIO.

OLIVER (CONT’D)

(whispering)

Off, and off, and off, and off...

(tossing them away)

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ELIO is soon naked and lies back under the sheet in a kind of

ecstasy as OLIVER moves his hands over his body, as

inquisitive as Marzia’s had been the night before in the

street. When OLIVER pulls the sheet back, ELIO loves being

naked before him. No secrets. OLIVER kisses him, kisses his

body, takes his penis (off-screen) briefly in his mouth, then

returns to kiss Elio’s open lips again more deeply, as if he

too is finally letting go. OLIVER is also naked, and not a

part of him isn’t touching ELIO now. They stare at eachother.

ELIO looks away, because OLIVER is staring at him. Then he

looks back, and now stares at OLIVER, as they settle into a

mock wrestling position with Oliver’s shoulders rubbing

Elio’s knees. ELIO looks into Oliver’s eyes in an intensityof love and expectation, wanting this moment to last forever,

knowing there will be no coming back from this.

When it happens -when OLIVER enters ELIO -there is a degree

of pain and discomfort. ELIO flinches and fights an impulseto stop him, which OLIVER sees.

OLIVER (CONT’D)

You’re okay?

An eternity seems to pass between Elio’s reluctance to make

up his mind and Oliver’s instinct to make it up for him.

They f***. Bodies are entangled. Elio is flushed, turning

from side to side as he alternates obscenities with Oliver’s

name; Oliver’s face is more implacable, his lips softly

repeating what ELIO says, until he bends forward to say to

him:

OLIVER (CONT’D)

Call me by your name and I’ll call

you by mine.

They continue their rhythm, taking ELIO in a realm he has

never known before, and murmuring his own name as if it were

Oliver’s:
Elio... Elio... Elio. The Star of David bounces on

Oliver’s chest.

A LITTLE LATER:

OLIVER pulls out and says to ELIO (Oliver) that he is going

to come. ELIO watches the formidably discreet, formidablycool OLIVER make faces and peak before his very eyes. When he

comes, it’s all over Elio’s chest, saying “I want to! I want

to!”. It is a shock at first when OLIVER spreads his semenout with the palm of his hand over Elio’s stomach and chest.

OLIVER, still straddling ELIO, picks up his billowy blue

shirt from the floor and cleans him with it.

ELIO:

Did we make noise?

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OLIVER:

Nothing to worry about.

ELIO:

Mafalda always looks for signs.

OLIVER:

She won’t find any.

ELIO:

You wore that shirt on your first

day here. Will you let me have it,

leave it here when you go?

OLIVER doesn’t answer and tosses the shirt aside. He takes

ELIO in his arms, looks down into his face. He smooths out

Elio’s hair with his hand. ELIO is falling asleep. OLIVER

continues to hold him.

106 INT. OLIVER’S ROOM -PERLMAN VILLA -DAWN 106

Dawn. Light is coming in. OLIVER is still cradling ELIO in

his arms but has shifted to a more comfortable position for

them both. ELIO opens his eyes, sees OLIVER looking down at

him but instead of smiling or lifting his face to be kissed,

he closes his eyes again, as if blotting OLIVER, the bed, the

room, and all that has happened out. He tries to sit up,

stretches his limbs, and pulls the sheet over his nakedness.

OLIVER stares at him, as if to register Elio’s morning after

emotions.

OLIVER:

You’re not happy. You’re feeling

sick about it, aren’t you?

ELIO shrugs the comment away not wanting Oliver looking into

his heart.

OLIVER (CONT’D)

I knew we shouldn’t have. I knew

it. We should have talked.

ELIO:

Maybe.

OLIVER:

(stung, “maybe” isn’t the

word he wanted to hear)

Did you hate it?

ELIO:

No, I didn’t hate it at all.

ELIO stays put on Oliver’s bed out of an exaggerated sense of

courtesy. Relenting, he smiles back at OLIVER for the first

time, though he wishes at that moment for OLIVER to be milesaway.

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OLIVER:

You can go back to sleep, if you

want.

ELIO reaches up and hugs him, then closes his eyes. OLIVER

continues to study his face, his own expression one of

uncertainty. With his eyes still shut, ELIO says, “You’re

staring at me.” But at once he opens them again and sits up,

brushing Oliver’s hand away, and rises gingerly from the bed.

ELIO:

Let’s go swimming.

107 INT. BOCCHIRALE -PERLMAN VILLA -DAWN 107

In the dim light of dawn, OLIVER and ELIO leave the villa on

bikes.

108 EXT. RIVER -FIRST LIGHT OF DAY 108

At the river, OLIVER walks knee-deep in the water with the

blue shirt on, then dives in and swims away. Elio is swimming200 meters away, from a distance they look like two complete

strangers.

109 EXT. RIVER -DAY 109

ELIO and OLIVER walk towards their bikes.

OLIVER:

Are you going to hold last night

against me?

ELIO:

No.

He said this too swiftly to sound convincing.

110 INT. STAIRS/ELIO’S ROOM -PERLMAN VILLA -DAY 110

Back at the villa. There are some sounds from the kitchen but

OLIVER and ELIO succeed to get back home without being seen.

They reach their respective doors and, while ELIO is goingin, OLIVER hesitates before going through his and steps into

Elio’s room instead. ELIO is taken by surprise. OLIVER shuts

the door.

OLIVER:

Take your trunks off.

Surprised, ELIO, who doesn’t have it in him at this moment to

disagree, lowers them and gets out of them. He feels awkward.

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Sit down.

OLIVER (CONT’D)

ELIO does, and almost before he’s settled, OLIVER brings his

mouth to Elio’s penis and takes it all in (off-screen).

OLIVER (CONT’D)

(with a wry smile)

Well, this is promising. You’re

hard again. Good.

He jumps up and goes out in an instant. ELIO lifts himself

out of the low chair carefully and pulls on his pajama

bottoms. Then he throws himself across his bed.

111 EXT. GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN -PERLMAN VILLA -DAY111 *

Breakfast. The PERLMANS, MAFALDA coming in and out from the

kitchen, ELIO.

Then OLIVER comes in and sits next to him. When no one is

looking, OLIVER slips his smooth foot under Elio’s, as if

snuggling it there, instead of placing it on top as he always

had before. Calmly, he focuses on his soft-boiled egg. They

eat breakfast.

OLIVER:

I’m going to town, I have to

collect my typed up pages. Later

I'd like to show them to you,

Professor.

PERLMAN:

(imitating Oliver)

Later.

Everyone laughs, Oliver also is amused.

PERLMAN (CONT’D)

Before you leave we'll certainly

find the time to go over these

revisions.

The thought of Oliver's departure marks a shadow on Elio's

face.

OLIVER:

So.. Later!

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More laughing. OLIVER leaves the table and walks away. ELIOstands and follows, as his parents look at him.

EXT. MAIN ENTRANCE -PERLMAN VILLA -DAY 112

ELIO pulls his bike out and at the gate, a bit gingerly, sits

on it. It hurts, but he goes after Oliver.

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