Call Me by Your Name (film)

Call Me By Your Name is an English-language internationally co-produced 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.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017.

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.

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. 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.

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 will screen at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2017.