Don’t Kill It — Shortened Monologue from Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Call Me by Your Name

1:58:58 - 2:02:00

Father:

When you least expect it...

Nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.

Just remember: I am here.

Right now, you may not want to feel anything...

And maybe it's not me you'd want to speak to about these things.

But feel something you obviously did.

We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster,

that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty,

and have less to offer each time we start with someone new.

But to make yourself feel nothing,

so as not to feel anything...

What a waste...

Have I spoken out of turn?

(Elio shakes his head: no.)

How you live your life is your business.

Just remember: our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once.

And before you know it, your heart's worn out.

And as for our body,

there comes a point when no one looks at it,

much less wants to come near it.

Right now, there's sorrow. Pain.

Don't kill it.

And with it, the joy you felt.

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