The relationship in ‘Call Me By Your Name’

I know this isn’t exactly a comfortable thing to discuss but given that sexual misconduct has become a really hot-button topic lately, I figured it was worth asking.

I personally have no interest in seeing the movie, but it has attracted a certain level of controversy from people who have argued that it’s trying to normalize relationships between adults and minors, since it involves a relationship between a 17 year old and a 24 year old. Hell, the only reason I even heard of the film in the first place is because James Woods had a fight with Armie Hammer about it on Twitter, which resulted in Amber Tamblyn accusing the former of making a pass at her when she was 16. At the same time, there have been people pointing out that in Italy, which is where the film and the book it’s based on take place, a relationship between a 17 year old and a 24 year old is actually legal.

Personally, I think the age of consent should be 21 everywhere in the world, so I can’t say I’m comfortable with the age gap presented in the film myself, but what exactly does everyone else here make of it?