<P> Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming - of - age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory . It is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman , and is the final installment in Guadagnino 's thematic `` Desire '' trilogy , after I Am Love ( 2009 ) and A Bigger Splash ( 2015 ) . Set in northern Italy in 1983 , Call Me by Your Name chronicles a romantic relationship between 17 - year - old Elio Perlman ( Timothée Chalamet ) and his professor father 's 24 - year - old graduate - student assistant Oliver ( Armie Hammer ) . The film also stars Michael Stuhlbarg , Amira Casar , Esther Garrel , and Victoire Du Bois . </P>
<P> Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming - of - age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory . It is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman , and is the final installment in Guadagnino 's thematic `` Desire '' trilogy , after I Am Love ( 2009 ) and A Bigger Splash ( 2015 ) . Set in northern Italy in 1983 , Call Me by Your Name chronicles a romantic relationship between 17 - year - old Elio Perlman ( Timothée Chalamet ) and his professor father 's 24 - year - old graduate - student assistant Oliver ( Armie Hammer ) . The film also stars Michael Stuhlbarg , Amira Casar , Esther Garrel , and Victoire Du Bois . </P>
when does call me by your name take place
when does call me by your name take place
1983
1983