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100% Rotten Tomatoes Initial release 22 January 2017 Adapted from Call Me by Your Name | 8.5/10 IMDb 5/5 The Guardian Edited by Walter Fasano Cinematography Sayombhu Mukdeeprom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Luca GuadagninoEmilie GeorgesJames IvoryMarco MorabitoHoward RosenmanPeter SpearsRodrigo Teixeira Screenplay by Luca GuadagninoJames IvoryWalter Fasano Starring Timothée ChalametMichael StuhlbargArmie Hammer Cast Similar An Act of Love, Mute, The Doll Squad, Wind River, S Darko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Call Me by Your Name is an English-language internationally co-produced coming-of-age drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Guadagnino, James Ivory, and Walter Fasano, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman. It stars Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg and Armie Hammer in the leads.
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The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017.
Plot
A 17-year-old boy living in Italy during the 1980s meets Oliver, a 24-year-old academic who has come to stay at his parents' villa, and a passionate relationship develops between them.
Cast
Production
In an interview promoting his film A Bigger Splash, Luca Guadagnino announced his intention to film an adaptation of André Aciman's novel Call Me by Your Name, taking inspiration from Maurice Pialat's À Nos Amours. Guadagnino said he wasn't interested at all in including explicit sex scenes in the film since the tone would deviate drastically from what he initially planned. He said, "I wanted the audience to completely rely on the emotional travel of these people and feel first love. I didn't want the audience to find any difference or discrimination toward these characters. It was important to me to create this powerful universality, because the whole idea of the movie is that the other person makes you beautiful — enlightens you, elevates you."
On May 23, 2016, it was reported that the film had begun principal photography in the previous two weeks, and that it would star Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Armie Hammer.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. Prior to its premiere, Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. The film was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2017.
Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 100% with an average rating of 9.7/10 based on 29 reviews. On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 98 out of 100, based on 11 critics, signifying "universal acclaim."