<P> Call Me by Your Name was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics before its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2017 . It began a limited release in the United States on 24 November 2017, before going wide on 19 January 2018 . The film received widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, with praise for its performances, screenplay, direction, and music . At the 90th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Chalamet), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Song ("Mystery of Love"). At the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, Ivory won Best Adapted Screenplay . At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, Ivory won Best Adapted Screenplay . Chalamet was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor . </P> <P> Elio, a seventeen - year - old Jewish American - Italian boy, lives in the northern Italian countryside with his parents . His father, a professor of archaeology, invites a 24 - year - old Jewish American graduate student, Oliver, to live with his family during the summer of 1983 and help with his academic paperwork . Elio, an introspective bibliophile and musical prodigy, finds little in common with Oliver, whose carefree and exuberant personality contrasts with his own . Elio also resents vacating his bedroom for the duration of Oliver's stay . Elio spends much of the summer reading books and hanging out with his girlfriend, Marzia, while Oliver is attracted to one of the local girls, much to Elio's chagrin . </P> <P> Elio and Oliver begin to spend time with each other, and a seductive courtship emerges--they swim together, go for long walks in the town, and accompany Elio's father on an archaeological trip . Although Elio begins a sexual relationship with Marzia and brags about it in front of Oliver to gauge his reaction, he increasingly finds himself attracted to Oliver . He sneaks into Oliver's room to smell his bathing suit and thinks about him while masturbating . During a trip to the post office, Elio subtly confesses his feelings to Oliver, who gently tells him that he should not act on them . Later that day, Elio and Oliver kiss, though Oliver is reluctant to go further . The pair subsequently grow distant during the next few days . </P> <P> In response to a note from Elio, Oliver leaves a note on Elio's desk telling Elio to meet him at midnight . Elio spends the day with Marzia, all the while longing to see Oliver . Finally, at midnight, he approaches Oliver on the patio . The two make love for the first time . They grow closer over the next few days, having sex frequently while keeping their relationship secret . In bed, Oliver tells Elio, "Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine". They become more intimate both physically and emotionally . On one occasion, Elio ejaculates into a peach that he has split open, and when Oliver discovers it, he tries to take a bite of the peach in front of a humiliated Elio, who begs him not to . Completely smitten with Oliver by this point, Elio starts avoiding Marzia . </P>

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