Director Luca Guadagnino
Genre Drama | Romance
Cast Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
Rating R
Release Date January 19th, 2018 (Limited)
“In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father’s research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.”
From director Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash), Call Me by Your Name is a romance drama based on the 2007 novel from American author André Aciman. The critically acclaimed film has been making its mark at film festivals prior to receiving a wider theatrical release in the U.S. The cast includes Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Amira Casar. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Call Me by Your Name:
- The entire film (including the opening credits) was shot with a single 35mm lens.
- On its premiere night, Call Me By Your Name (2017) received a ten-minute standing ovation, which was the longest standing ovation ever at the New York Film Festival.
- Timothée Chalamet learned to speak Italian and to play the guitar for the role of Elio.
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 American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel).