It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman ( Timothee Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, is about to experience an unforgettable summer romance. Oliver ( Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father ( Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor studying Greco-Roman culture. Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Song and Best Adapted Screenplay (which it won), Call Me by Your Name has already cemented its status as a gay cinema classic.Īmid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. So much of the movie is filled with sexual tension and longing that it’s hard not to watch it without breaking a sweat.
