In northern Italy in 1983, teenager Elio Perlman begins a hidden love affair with visitor Oliver, his father's academic research assistant, with whom he connects through his emerging sexuality, Jewish heritage and seductive Italian landscape.
In northern Italy in 1983, teenager Elio Perlman begins a hidden love affair with visitor Oliver, his father's academic research assistant, with whom he connects through his emerging sexuality, Jewish heritage and seductive Italian landscape.