It received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Ivory's screenplay, Guadagnino's direction, Mukdeeprom's cinematography, and the performances of Chalamet, Hammer, and Stuhlbarg. The film began a limited release in the United States on November 24, 2017, and went on general release on January 19, 2018.

Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights to Call Me by Your Name before its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. Guadagnino curated the film's soundtrack, which features two original songs by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. The filmmakers spent weeks decorating Villa Albergoni, one of the main shooting locations. Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom used 35 mm film, as opposed to employing digital cinematography. Call Me by Your Name was financed by several international companies, and its principal photography took place mainly in the city and comune of Crema, Lombardy, between May and June 2016. Guadagnino had joined the project as a location scout, and eventually became sole director and co-producer.

Ivory had been chosen to co-direct with Guadagnino, but stepped down in 2016. The film also stars actresses Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, and Victoire Du Bois.ĭevelopment began in 2007 when producers Peter Spears and Howard Rosenman optioned the rights to Aciman's novel. 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 Samuel ( Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film is the final instalment in Guadagnino's thematic 'Desire' trilogy, after I Am Love (2009), and A Bigger Splash (2015). Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same title by André Aciman. Call Me by Your Name (Italian: Chiamami col tuo nome) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino.

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