Call Me by Your Name (Italian: Chiamami col tuo nome) is a 2017 coming-

of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay,

by James Ivory, who also co-produced, was based on André Aciman's
2007 novel of the same name. The film is the final installment in
Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after I Am Love (2009) and A Bigger
Splash (2015). Set in northern Italy in 1983, Call Me by Your Name chronicles
a romantic relationship between a 17-year-old, Elio Perlman (Timothée
Chalamet), and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student
assistant to Elio's father (Michael Stuhlbarg), a professor of archaeology. The
film also stars the French actresses Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire
Du Bois.
Development began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard
Rosenman "optioned" the rights to Aciman's novel. Ivory had been chosen to
co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. Guadagnino had
joined the project as a location scout, and eventually became sole director,
and co-producer. The film was financed by several international companies,
and its principal photography took place mainly in the city
and comune of Crema, Lombardy, in May and June of 2016.
Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom used 35 mm film, as opposed to
employing digital cinematography. The filmmakers spent weeks
decorating Villa Albergoni, one of the main shooting locations. Guadagnino
curated the film's soundtrack, which features three original songs by the
American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights to Call Me by Your
Name before its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on
January 22, 2017. It began a limited release in the United States on
November 24, 2017, and went on general release on January 19, 2018. The
film garnered a number of accolades, including many for its screenplay,
direction, acting, and music. It received four nominations at the 90th Academy
Awards(including Best Picture), and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Ivory's
screenplay also won at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, 71st British Academy
Film Awards, and the Writers Guild of America Awards 2017. A sequel to the
film was announced in January 2018.