Maab Mohammed asked this question about Call Me by Your Name:
Does oliver truely loved Elio I'm not talking here about lust or sexual love, and why oliver choiced to end the things that they had, don't you think that oliver personality somehow mystery,we never went inside his head like Elio, we never know how he does he feel, how thinks, what is he like inside, Tell me what do you though about his personality? His traits, his emotions, his thoughts, him as oliver?
Marc There are a lot of examples that Oliver loved Elio.

Here are a few.
The scene where Oliver says "don't ever claim you didn't know."
When Elio was in c…more
There are a lot of examples that Oliver loved Elio.

Here are a few.
The scene where Oliver says "don't ever claim you didn't know."
When Elio was in college and received the phone call from Italy, how Oliver was overcome with the memories and then cried.
15 years after we learn how Oliver tracked Elio's success.
Oliver had the antique postcard reframed and inscribed with cor cordium.
Oliver held onto a souvenir from Rome, the same one that Elio had lost track of.
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Oliver's love for Elio never died. His heart was broken leaving Elio behind. What other examples are there?
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