Call Me by Your Name (2017) movie poster

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

"Is it better to speak or die?"
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👍 89%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 94%
RomanceDrama

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Director
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
R
Country
Brazil, France, Italy
Language
English
TMDB Rating
8.1/10 (12,637 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
94

Cast

Armie Hammer as Oliver · 69% avg
Timothée Chalamet as Elio · 75% avg
Michael Stuhlbarg as Mr. Perlman · 69% avg
Amira Casar as Annella · 71% avg
Esther Garrel as Marzia
Vanda Capriolo as Mafalda
Antonio Rimoldi as Anchise

Is Call Me by Your Name good?

Yes. 89% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 94%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#51 / 1262 · Romance
Rank in its year
#10 / 305 · 2017
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 7 · Luca Guadagnino

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 romantic coming-of-age drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino, based on André Aciman's 2007 novel. The film follows Elio Perlman, a precocious 17-year-old played by Timothée Chalamet, who spends the summer of 1983 at his family's villa in northern Italy where his father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture played by Michael Stuhlbarg, hosts a graduate student each year. When 24-year-old American scholar Oliver, played by Armie Hammer, arrives, a tentative, intensely charged romance develops between him and Elio over the course of the sun-drenched Italian summer.

Timothée Chalamet's performance was a revelation that launched one of the most significant acting careers of his generation — his portrayal of Elio's awakening desire, intellectual precociousness, and devastating vulnerability earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor at just 22 years old, making him one of the youngest Best Actor nominees in history. Luca Guadagnino's direction emphasized sensory immersion — the Italian landscape, the warmth of summer light, the textures of food and skin and ancient stone — creating an almost tactile film experience. Michael Stuhlbarg's climactic monologue to his son, urging him to embrace rather than suppress his heartbreak because "our bodies and our hearts are given to us only once," was one of the most emotionally powerful scenes of the year.

Sufjan Stevens contributed two original songs to the soundtrack, including the nominated "Mystery of Love." The film earned $41 million worldwide on a $3.5 million budget and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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