Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

2017 / ITALY, FRANCE, BRASIL, USA / 130 min

It’s the hot, sun-drenched summer of 1983 and Elio is at his parents’ country seat in northern Italy. The 17-year-old idles away the time listening to music, reading books and swimming until one day his father’s new American assistant arrives at their large villa. Oliver is charming and, like Elio, has Jewish roots; he is also young, self-confi dent and good-looking. At fi rst Elio is somewhat cold and distant towards the young man but before long the two begin going out together on excursions. Elio begins to make tentative overtures towards Oliver that become increasingly intimate. As the short summer progresses, the pair’s mutual attraction grows more intense…

Friday, 8 September 2017 21:00 Pressburger screen (premiere)

Director:
Luca Guadagnino

Biography:
The Italian director was born in Palermo, in 1971.

Filmography:

1999 The Protagonists
2002 Mundo Civilizado; documentary
2004 Cuoco Contadino; documentary
2005 Melissa P.
2010 Io sonol'amore (I Am Love); IFB Culinary Cinema
2013 Bertolucci on Bertolucci; documentary
2015 A Bigger Splash
2017 Call Me by Your Name

Producer:
Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman

Screenwriter:
James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino, Walter Fasano

Cinematographer:
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Film editor:
Walter Fasano

Cast:
Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois

Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics