Call Me by Your Name is a coming-of-age romantic drama based on the novel of the same title by André Aciman. Set in 1983 in northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old and 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio’s father Samuel, an archaeology professor. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
It received four nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for 22-year-old Chalamet ,and winning for Best Adapted Screenplay which also won at the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards, 71st British Academy Film Awards, and the 70th Writers Guild of America Awards. Since then, it is now considered to be one of the best films of the 2010s and of the 21st century.
In Italian with English Subtitles
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: James Ivory and André Aciman
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stulhbarg
Drama /2017/2h12’ /colour
Adult content (15).
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Luca Guadagnino Born in Palermo, Guadagnino spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia, but moved back to Italy with his family to escape the Ethiopian Civil War. He made his feature-film debut with The Protagonists (1999), the first of his many collaborations with actress Tilda Swinton. His follow-up Melissa P. (2005), based on the book of Melissa Panarello, was a commercial success in Italy but was met with mixed critical reception.
Guadagnino gained further acclaim with his Desire trilogy, which consists of the films I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), and Call Me by Your Name (2017). The latter brought him international recognition and marked the start of his creative partnership with Chalamet. Suspiria (2018) was followed by We Are Who We Are (2020) a coming-of-age miniseries for HBO, and the romantic horror film Bones and All (2022). Over his career he has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Lion, alongside nominations for an Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards.