Call Me by Your Name

During a sunlit Italian summer in 1983, seventeen-year-old Elio spends days absorbed in language, music, and the quiet rhythms of a family villa. His father, a professor of Greco Roman culture, hosts Oliver, a suave American graduate student who comes to assist with research. What begins as a courteous exchange slowly unfurls into something intimate as Oliver stays longer than expected. They share conversations, games, and late night swims, letting music, literature, and curiosity guide them toward a magnetic pull. As weeks pass, Elio navigates shifting feelings, pride, longing, and the ache of growing up, while the landscape of olive trees, lakes, and warm evenings amplifies the intensity. The season transforms them both, echoing past summers and shaping their futures.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino and adapted from André Aciman's novel by James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name arrived as a sun drenched, intimate romance with an artful cinematic feel and a deeply sensual mood, and earned strong audience resonance.

It earned multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and James Ivory won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film's accolades underscored its bold handling of desire and memory, elevating Ivory's standing in the world of adaptation and Guadagnino's growing prestige as a director.

It sparked discussion about queer romance in arthouse cinema and left an imprint on fashion and lifestyle visuals of summer Italy. Its use of music and luminous sunlit imagery produced memorable moments and sparked a wave of memes and conversations. It also sparked conversations about consent and identity.

Critics praised the performances of Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, Guadagnino's restrained direction, and the film's gentle melancholy. It centers on themes of first love, memory, time, and how a summer can redefine a life. Chalamet's portrayal drew praise for vulnerability and Guadagnino's patient pacing.