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 94 wins & 259 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...

---

Plot Keywords:

gay romance | male male kiss | father son relationship | american abroad | gay teenager | 

---

Taglines:

Is it better to speak or die?

---

Genres:

Drama | Romance

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

In many scenes of the film, Oliver was wearing a tortoise Persol PO0649, and Elio was wearing a black Ray-ban Original Wayfarer, both classic sunglasses of Italian design from the 50s.

---

Goofs

Continuity error after Elio grabs Oliver's crotch. As shot from the front, Oliver removes Elio's hand with his left hand. Cut to the immediate continuing shot from the rear but Oliver now has Elio's hand in his right hand as he sets Elio's hand back on Elio's knee.

---

Quotes

Marzia: People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.

---

Crazy Credits

Although the movie has a full opening credits sequence, the title of the film is not shown on screen until the end credits begin.

---

Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 20 Book to Movie Adaptations of the Century So Far (2020)

---

Soundtracks

China Gates for Piano
Written by John Adams (as J.C. Adams)
Performed by Fraser Graham
Published by Assoc. Music Publishers Inc.
Administered in Italy by Casa Ricordi Srl
Courtesy of Fraser Graham

User Reviews

A piece of perfect cinema

Now, where to begin... Pretty much everything I feel about this film has been mentioned here before. But boy did it make me FEEL, from the opening credits right through the end credits. It made my heart soar and sink with its colours, scenery, music, and above all else its acting. The phenomenon that is Chalamet was yet unknown to me, and Hammer I'd only seen in a bad chickflick, so it would be an understatement to say I was pleasantly surprised by how they performed. There's so much detail as well, from the inquisitive and knowing looks of a mother, to the picturesqueness of a ladder against the fruittree. Everything about this film draws you in. If I could dream up memories of a hot Italian summer in a rural hamlet, this would be it, I swear I could almost smell and taste this film. Luca Guadagnino made a masterpiece here and I highly doubt it will ever be surpassed in its category.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

Italy France USA 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:

$41,888,660

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