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, is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman . The film is the final installment in Guadagnino's thematic "Desire" trilogy, after I Am Love (2009), and A Bigger Splash (2015). Set in 1983 in northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the 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 ), an archaeology professor. The film also stars the French actresses Amira Casar , Esther Garrel , and Victoire Du Bois . Telegram Download