The "old" man as described by arsenal is a mere 7 years older. So it's very far from an old man young man movie. James Ivory was one half of the Merchant/Ivory movies which also included the wonderful Remains of the Day and Howards End. Call Me by Your Name ran for weeks in Bangkok. It is a bit quirky but we did not find it boring at all. The final extremely long shot with the Chalamet character looking in to the fire was worthy of an Oscar for the young actor.

Rather ironic that James Ivory directed the Merchant/Ivory movies and never received an Oscar. Yet he finally got one for writing this movie at the age of 89.