Call Me by Your Name Page #6

Pourquoi je serais fâché contreChiara ?

(Why should I be angry withChiara?)

MARZIA:

(in french)

A cause de lui.

(Because of him.)

ELIO shakes his head, feigning a puzzled look meant to show

that he can’t begin to guess where she’d gotten such a

notion. They run into the river. They swim and then come

ashore.

MARZIA (CONT’D)

(towelling herself drywith her sweater)

Retourne-toi. Ne me

regarde pas.

(Turn around. Don’t stare at me.)

She looks the other way while he gets back into his own

clothes. When they are no longer naked he takes her hand and

kisses it on the palm, then kisses the space between her

fingers, then her mouth. She’s slow to kiss him back.

ELIO:

(in french)

Retrouvons-nous ici demain soir.

Je serai là avant toi.

(Let’s meet tomorrow night. I’ll be

here before you.)

25.

MARZIA:

(in french)

Ne le dis à personne.

(Just don’t tell anyone.)

35 INT. ELIO’S BEDROOM -PERLMAN VILLA -NIGHT 35

The same night. All the lights are off. ELIO, sleeping in his

bed, is woken up by the sound of Oliver peeing in the

adjoining bathroom -the careless, uninhibited male force of

it. ELIO listens, then stands up and goes towards the door.

36 EXT. GARDEN IN FRONT OF THE KITCHEN -PERLMAN VILLA -DAY 36

The next morning. OLIVER shows off his newly acquired talent

with a soft-boiled egg, neatly shearing off the shell. He

looks a bit hung-over, with circles under his eyes.

ELIO:

(in something of an antic

mood we haven’t seen

before, self-mocking)

We almost did it. Marzia and me.

PERLMAN:

(from behind his paper,

and raising his eyebrows)

And why didn’t you?

ELIO:

Dunno.

OLIVER:

(half-comforting, half-

mocking)

Better to have tried and failed...

ELIO:

All I had to do was find the

courage to reach out and touch, she

would have said yes.

OLIVER:

(seemingly off-hand)

Try again later.

ANNELLA comes in and while she is seating herself, asks:

ANNELLA:

Try later, what?

PROFESSOR PERLMAN and OLIVER laugh, then the Professor

changes the subject.

26.

PERLMAN:

(to OLIVER)

I just heard from the people in

Sirmione, they say they’ve come up

with something. I’m going there

today, would you like to go with

me?

OLIVER:

I’d like that very much.

ELIO:

Can’t I come too?

PERLMAN:

On condition that you remain

silent.

OLIVER:

(teasing)

Silent as in too many opinions on

things, or silent as in Security:

not telling anybody what fabulous

things have been dug up?

PERLMAN:

Nothing is being dug up. It’s what

has been brought up -out of the

water.

OLIVER looks awed.

37 EXT. MAIN ENTRANCE -PERLMAN VILLA -DAY 37

Later. ANCHISE is wiping the windshield of the Perlmans’ car.

ELIO comes out just as CHIARA arrives on her bike. She asks

him where Oliver is.

ELIO:

(in French)

On va au lac de Garde

avec mon père. Il veut montrer à

Oliver l'endroit où ils draguent.

(We’re going to Lake Garda with

dad. He wants to show Oliver where

they’re dredging.)

CHIARA is disappointed.

CHIARA:

(in French)

Dis-lui que je suis passée.

(Tell him I came by.)

27.

ELIO:

(in French)

Il est à l'intérieur, il aide mon

père. Tu étais incroyable sur la

piste, hier soir.

(He’s inside helping dad. You were

great on the dance floor last

night.)

CHIARA:

(in French)

Il danse très bien.

(He dances great.)

ELIO:

(in French)

Et il est beau aussi, non?

(And he’s great looking, isn’t he?)

CHIARA:

(in French)

Tu veux jouer les entremetteurs?

(What are you trying to do, fix us

up?)

She leaves him and goes into the house. ELIO gets in the back

seat of the car and waits. Then OLIVER and CHIARA come out.

They speak for a moment, standing close. She kisses him onthe cheek, then gets on her bike and takes off.

OLIVER gets into the front seat of the car, but ELIO tells

him to sit in the back.

ELIO:

Dad always sits up front withAnchise to navigate.

OLIVER gets in the back next to ELIO. He watches CHIARAriding away.

ELIO (CONT’D)

She seems to like you a lot -She’s

more beautiful than she was last

year.

OLIVER doesn’t respond.

ELIO (CONT’D)

I saw her naked on a night swim.

She has a great body.

OLIVER turns to look at ELIO, surprised.

OLIVER:

Are you trying to make me like her?

While talking their bare legs briefly collide.

28.

ELIO:

What would be the harm in that?

OLIVER:

No harm. Except I like to go at it

alone, if you don’t mind.

There is a long pause as PROFESSOR PERLMAN comes out and

speaks to ANCHISE.

PERLMAN:

(to Anchise)

Guido io oggi, non ti preoccupare.

Non fare quella faccia Anchise!

prenditi il pomeriggio libero.

(I think I will drive myself today.

Anchise, don’t be so upset! take

the afternoon off.)

OLIVER:

Don’t play at being the good host,

just don’t.

PERLMAN gets in the front seat. As there seems to be a tense

silence behind, he turns around as the engine starts.

PERLMAN:

What’s going on, boys? Oliver, come

sit up front and be my navigator.

OLIVER smiles at Elio as if to say: "See?"

38 INT./EXT. PERLMAN CAR -DAY -LATER 38

PERLMAN drives the car through the countryside, OLIVER has a

map open on his legs. Hot air blows in through all the open

windows. They are silent as the news plays on the radio,

reporting on the P2 Masonic lodge.

ELIO looks outside but his attention is drawn to Oliver’s

neck.

NARRATOR:

(ENTRY ON THE FACTS OF THIS ITALIAN

SUMMER 1983)

39 EXT. SIRMIONE -GROTTE DI CATULLO (VILLA) -DAY 39

PERLMAN, OLIVER and ELIO walk through the magnificent ruins

of the roman villa overlooking Lake Garda, the Grotte di

Catullo (Caves). Perlman is explaining to Oliver that only

part of the archaeological treasures of this area has come to

light.

29.

PERLMAN:

The ship went down in 1827 on the

way to the villa of Count Lechi

here on this island.

A delegation of archaeologists is waiting for them. The

senior member rushes up to PERLMAN and greets him. They all

gather in the small beach that is dominated by the ruins.

Perlman is showed with the arm of a statue. He is very

excited.

40 EXT. SIRMIONE -GROTTE DI CATULLO (BEACH)-DAY 40

A salvage operation is in progress. Some small boats surround

a floating platform. At the center of the platform is awinch. There are scuba divers and other people all around.

PERLMAN goes in the water and walks through the shallows

towards an inflatable boat that is standing by, ready to take

him to the platform. ELIO is proud of his father and like

Oliver is excited. The professor gestures them to join him.

41 EXT. FLOATING PLATFORM -LAKE GARDA -DAY 41

PERLMAN, OLIVER, ELIO and other men are on the boat, now next

to the platform.

At the center of the platform below the cable of the winch is

a large opening. A steel cable is lowered into the water and

steadied by the site workers.

The wait. Finally the cable is pulled back up -it pulls an

antique statue out of the water. PERLMAN, edging closer,

watches the operation minutely. A bronze Boxer slowly comes

up through the opening in the platform, secured by the husky

divers, and as it does a chain-metal trap inches underneath

it to prevent it from falling back into the water if

something should go wrong.

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