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Call Me by Your Name

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It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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Call Me by Your Name offers a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love, empathetically acted by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader A modern-day Visconti, Italian director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) grants us entry into a world not only of wealth but of culture, which can be just as liberating. Mar 25, 2020 Full Review Robert Daniels 812filmreviews Call Me By Your Name survives because of poignant screenwriting, keen directing, and tender acting. Rated: 3/4 Aug 27, 2018 Full Review Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine The characters' beauty and intellectual perfection is so consummate that I couldn't entirely believe that these people actually had genitals-that they could ever sweat or incur sunburn. Mar 8, 2018 Full Review JD Duran InSession Film There’s not only pain and heartache in that reflection by the fire, but also a tinge of hope and relief. It’s astounding in how powerful it is. Aug 8, 2024 Full Review Brendan Cassidy InSession Film It would be easy, but superficial, to lump Call Me by Your Name as just a romance film between two young men, but director Luca Guadagnino thankfully has a lot more on his mind. Jul 2, 2024 Full Review Benedict Seal Vague Visages Call Me by Your Name skips through time like a dream, or a calcified, powerful memory. Guadagnino succeeds remarkably in working the themes into the craft and, like love that ends too soon, so does the film. Dec 5, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Júlia L For me, this film transcends mere storytelling and becomes a sensory experience, a journey that unfolds like a deep and immersive emotion. It moves toward an almost absolute totality, yet paradoxically carries the mark of incompleteness—a constant whisper of "what if things had been different?" And yet, there is an uncontrollable desire to remain within it, to feel every scene as if it were part of one's own existence. It is a film that could inhabit me indefinitely, for it resonates with echoes of real life, of youth, and of the ephemeral. Its beginning is like a soft prelude, bathed in the golden light of nostalgia; its middle, a whirlwind of feelings and emotions that envelop and intoxicate like an aged wine; and its end, a melancholy that settles in uninvited, like an inevitable autumn after an unforgettable summer. The relationship between Elio and Oliver is at once youthful and tender, simple yet intricately complex, like a poem whose true meaning hides between the lines. The love that binds them is a delicate thread, swaying between the tangible and the ethereal, between desire and farewell—a love that, despite its fleeting nature, is inscribed in the eternity of feeling. Elio's parents are figures of serenity and warmth, guardians of a home that is not merely a physical space but a refuge for the soul. In them, there is a rare tenderness, an understanding that transcends words and manifests in subtle gestures. And I find myself wishing, one day, to be like them. At the same time, there is within me a longing to be Elio, to have been shaped by such a loving presence, by a freedom that does not suffocate but embraces. The ending is understandable, and yet cruel in its inevitability. For Elio, it is a silent blow, a weight difficult to bear, a scar that time may never fully erase. When Oliver, almost absentmindedly, announces that he will marry in the fall, all that remains is the memory of the summer that belonged only to them. The summer that was home, that was a promise, that was infinite—and yet now dissolves like a mirage, leaving only a lingering warmth in the face of the approaching cold. And so, there is nothing left but to remain there, immersed in the gentle pain of memory, slowly trying to learn how to breathe again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Alex Z Simply an excellent film. Chalamet and Hammer deliver absolutely amazing performances. A very immersive film, made me feel like I had just spent the summer in the Italian countryside. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/25 Full Review Iamwhoi M It's a bit of a quiet movie, not a lot going on; but I guess it's kind of bittersweet. Acting was good. It really didn't delve too deeply into anything, or have any high drama. I thought the best part of the whole movie was right before the end when the father talked to his son. That scene by itself was very sweet. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/11/25 Full Review Leprechaun K Didn't really get the hype. It was kind of boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/25/25 Full Review Lexi C I hated this movie!!! I didn't by the love story. The character of Oliver was terrible!! I loved Timothee Chalmet!! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Audience Member IT WAS SO GOOD WATCH IT I SAW IT LIKE 6 YEARS AGO OR SUM AND HAVE REWATCHED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN SINCE THEN NO CAP ITS MY LIKE COMFORT MOVIE PLEASE WATCH! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Producer
Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito
Screenwriter
James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
RT Features, La Cinéfacture, Frenesy Film
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Some Language)
Genre
Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 19, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.0M
Runtime
2h 12m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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