Guadagnino, and his co-writers Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri, struggle to build out the supporting characters around Fraser and Caitlin. Through Fraser we meet Caitlin, a confident girl who, on the surface, appears to be his complete opposite. Fraser, an androgynous kid with semi-bleached hair and black-and-yellow colored nails, arrives on the American base with his two mothers: Sarah (Chloë Sevigny) and Maggie (Alice Braga) - more on them later - heartbroken that he’s left his friend Mark in New York. The premiere, “Right Here, Right Now I” (each episode carries the same title) tracks Fraser restlessly wandering the base for hijinks, and though he won’t admit it, for friends. Set on a military base in 2016, We Are Who We Are follows two teens - Fraser Wilson (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Caitlin Harper (Jordan Kristine Seamon) - who are coming of age.Įven with the familiar guide of Call Me By Your Name, the show’s conceit withers under its myopic lens. For those familiar with Call Me By Your Name, his HBO show explores similar themes: teens discovering their identity, hormonal horniness, and the mundanity of American expats living in Italy.

After remaking Dario Argento’s occult dance horror Suspiria, Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino returns with his first television series, We Are Who We Are, a wandering endless summer among teens.