<P> Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming - of - age drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman . It is the final installment in Guadagnino's thematic Desire trilogy, following 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 Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a 17 - year - old living in Italy, and his father's 24 - year - old American assistant, Oliver (Armie Hammer). The film also stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois . </P> <P> Call Me by Your Name began development in 2007, when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the screen rights to Aciman's novel . Ivory had been set to co-direct the film, but ended up writing the script and producing instead . Guadagnino, who came on board as a location consultant, eventually became director and producer . The film was financed by several international companies, and principal photography mainly took place in Crema, Italy in May and June 2016 . Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom shot the film on 35 - mm film . </P> <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 numerous accolades and praise for its performances, screenplay, direction, and music . At the 90th Academy Awards, it won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Chalamet) and Best Original Song ("Mystery of Love"). Ivory also won awards for his screenplay at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, the 70th Writers Guild of America Awards and the 71st British Academy Film Awards . Chalamet was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor . </P> <P> Elio, a 17 - 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's carefree and exuberant personality . 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>

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