Call Me by Your Name (film)

Call Me by Your Name
The theatrical release poster for Call Me by Your Name, showing two main characters, Oliver and Elio, leaning on each other's shoulders with the film's tagline above.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuca Guadagnino
Screenplay byJames Ivory
Based onCall Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySayombhu Mukdeeprom
Edited byWalter Fasano
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22) (Sundance)
  • November 24, 2017 (2017-11-24) (United States)
  • January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) (Brazil)
  • January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) (Italy)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • United States
  • France
  • Brazil[2][3]
Languages
  • English
  • Italian
  • French[4]
Budget$3.5 million[5]
Box office$43.1 million[6]

Call Me by Your Name (Italian: Chiamami col tuo nome) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel by André Aciman. The film is the final installment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after I Am Love (2009) and A Bigger Splash (2015). Set in northern Italy in 1983, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the romantic relationship between 17-year-old Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio's father Samuel (Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film also stars Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois.

Development began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the rights to Aciman's novel. Ivory was chosen to co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. Guadagnino joined the project as a location scout and eventually became sole director and co-producer. Call Me by Your Name was financed by several international companies, and its principal photography took place mainly in the city and comune of Crema, Lombardy, in May and June 2016. Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom used 35 mm film, as opposed to employing digital cinematography. The filmmakers spent weeks decorating Villa Albergoni, one of the main shooting locations. Guadagnino curated the film's soundtrack, which features three original songs by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.

Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights to Call Me by Your Name before its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. The film began a limited release in the United States on November 24, 2017, and went on general release on January 19, 2018. It received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Ivory's screenplay, Guadagnino's direction, Mukdeeprom's cinematography, and the performances of Chalamet, Hammer, and Stuhlbarg. The film garnered a number of accolades, including many for its screenplay, direction, acting, and music. It received four nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for 22-year-old Chalamet (the third-youngest nominee in the category), and won Best Adapted Screenplay, making Ivory the oldest winner of a competitive Academy Award in any category. The screenplay also won at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, 71st British Academy Film Awards, and the 70th Writers Guild of America Awards. Call Me by Your Name is now considered one of the best films of the 21st century.[7][8][9]

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  7. ^ "Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far)". The Hollywood Reporter. April 6, 2023.
  8. ^ "Why Call Me by Your Name is One of the Greatest Love Stories of All Time". August 14, 2021.
  9. ^ ""Call Me by Your Name" Review: The Most Beautiful Film of the 21st Century Thus Far – film & glory". January 3, 2021.