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Ten Thousand asked this question about Call Me by Your Name:
Why does Elio have sex with Marzia even though he knows he is meeting Oliver at midnight? This question isn't really about sexuality, preference or identity but more about why would you have sex with someone else as a distraction to pass the time or was that it? Elio is certainly yearning to have sex with/be with Oliver but where is his mind when he is with Marzia?
Marc Is it because he is nearly 18, so approaching sexual peak for males. Also, he didn't know for sure what was going to happen at midnight.

I'm not sure I…moreIs it because he is nearly 18, so approaching sexual peak for males. Also, he didn't know for sure what was going to happen at midnight.

I'm not sure I would separate the question of identity. But certainly, Marzia came over and there was plenty of time to fill.

Elio mentioned how good it felt with Marzia, that it was a feeling one could get addicted to. At one point, didn't he even admit that having sex with Marzia was more pleasant?

The author is a straight dude, so in my opinion he is representing Elio as getting quite aroused for Marzia, yet having a bisexual identity, that he is drawn towards Oliver and he finally wants to know what it feels like, what it is all about with those boys in the Roman alleys that wanted to sample this pretty boy Elio.(less)
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