Call Me by Your Name (2017)

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.

Director:

Luca Guadagnino

Writers:

James Ivory (screenplay by), André Aciman (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg

Won 1 Oscar. Another 96 wins & 252 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Armie Hammer	...	Oliver
Timothée Chalamet	...	Elio
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Mr. Perlman
Amira Casar	...	Annella Perlman
Esther Garrel	...	Marzia
Victoire Du Bois	...	Chiara
Vanda Capriolo	...	Mafalda
Antonio Rimoldi	...	Anchise
Elena Bucci	...	Bambi - Art Historian
Marco Sgrosso	...	Nico - Art Historian
André Aciman	...	Mounir
Peter Spears	...	Isaac

Storyline

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17-year-old young man, spends his days in his family's 17th-century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old American college graduate student working on his...

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Plot Keywords:

gay romance | male male kiss | father son relationship | gay teenager | sex with fruit | 

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Taglines:

Is it better to speak or die?

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film in 2018 was nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) for Sufjan Stevens for the song "Mystery of Love" and won one Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for James Ivory. Ivory, at age 89, became the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar surpassing the achievement of music composer Ennio Morricone at age 87.

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Goofs

When professor Perlman shows Oliver Greek slides we can see a sleeve of a coffee table book facing camera which reads "Palaces Of Florence". The first edition of this book was published in 1995, so 12 years after the film's story line.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Oliver: Later!

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Crazy Credits

The sound of the fire crackling in the fireplace continues after the last image of Elio goes black and the final notes of Sufjan Stevens's "Visions of Gideon" fade out.

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Connections

Referenced in How It Should Have Ended: Star Wars - Best Picture Summary - Oscars 2018 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Love My Way
Written by John Ashton (as J. Ashton), Richard Butler (as R. Lofthouse), Tim Butler (as T. Butler) and Vince Ely (as V. Davey)
Performed by The Psychedelic Furs
(c) 1982 EMI Songs Ltd
Sub-publisher EMI Songs Edizioni Musicali Srl
Courtesy of Sony Music Enteratinment (UK) Limited

User Reviews

It happens when you least expect it

Beauty in the midst of all the ugliness we're living in, it's like a shock. I wept like I hadn't wept in a movie since I was very young. It made me think and remember summers of my own life. It made remember sounds and smells. I was transported. The smartness, candor and gentleness of this unexpected love story goes beyond anything I've ever seen. Luca Guadagnino is rapidly becoming one my favorite directors working today. Armie Hammer completely demolished my preconceptions with a performance that is total perfection and I haven't mention Timothee Chalamet yet. No I need to dedicate the lasts paragraphs to him because his performance goes beyond perfection. I didn't know him at all. Now I' a fan. It reminded me of the first time I saw Daniel Day Lewis playing a gay punk in "My Beautiful Launderette" An explosion of beauty when you least expected. Thank you for that.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Italy USA France Brazil

Language:

English Italian French German Hebrew

Release Date:

19 January 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Call Me by Your Name

Filming Locations:

Crema, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

EUR4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$412,932, 26 November 2017

Gross USA:

$18,095,701

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,887,595

Company Credits

Production Co:

Frenesy Film Company, La Cinéfacture, RT Features

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1