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''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, earning universal acclaim, particularly for the two leads. It's due for a wide release in November 2017.

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''Call My By Your Name'' has already become The film was a critical success on the film festival circuit, earning universal acclaim, particularly for the two leads. It's due for leads, and received a wide release in November 2017.
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* ThematicSeries: This film is considered the third of Guadagnino's "Desire" trilogy, alongside ''I am Love'' and ''A Bigger Splash''.
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Set in Northern UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 1980s]], Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is an average teenage boy expecting to spend another summer with an unknown American academic coming to study with his father, a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg).

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Set in Northern UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 1980s]], Elio (Timothée Chalamet) (Creator/TimotheeChalamet) is an average teenage boy expecting to spend another summer with an unknown American academic coming to study with his father, a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg).
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* AdaptedOut: Vimini doesn't appear in the film despite appearing often in Elio's memories of his time in Italy.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite Elio being the film's protagonist, Hammer is billed over Chalamet on the poster.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Guadagnino said he intends to to continue Elio's story in further sequels, in a way similar to Creator/RichardLinklater's ''Film/{{Before|Sunrise}}'' trilogy. A hypothetical second installment would be shot and released by 2020, so that Chalamet [[RealTime would be the same age as Elio in the film's timeline]].
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* NobodyPoops: Averted hard when Oliver and Elio watch and even help each other defecate at one point.

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* NobodyPoops: Averted hard when Oliver and Elio watch and even help each other defecate at one point.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Oliver and Vimini become fast friends despite an age difference of over ten years; Elio never begrudges this pure, heartwarming, and close friendship. [[spoiler:After Oliver leaves, Vimini writes to Oliver ever single day until her death.]]

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Oliver and Vimini become fast friends despite an age difference of over ten years; Elio never begrudges this pure, heartwarming, and close friendship. [[spoiler:After Oliver leaves, Vimini writes to Oliver ever every single day until her death.]]



* TitleDrop: "Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine." Also, the last four words of the novel.

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* TitleDrop: "Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine." Also, the last four five words of the novel.
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** Played straighter with Oliver and Chiara, the latter younger than even Elio. The relationship gets its fair share of criticisms before Oliver dumps her.

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** Played straighter with Oliver and Chiara, the latter younger than even Elio. The relationship gets its fair share of criticisms before Oliver dumps her.criticisms, although it's implied that nothing physical even happened between them and was mostly just a crush on Chiara's part.
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* TitleDrop: "Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine." Also, the last four words of the novel.


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** Also Vimini, who is considered a genius.
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* {{Squick}}: A chaste love story this is not. The peach scene, Elio licking Oliver's eyelid, the two watching each other's bowel movements...

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''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, earning universal acclaim. It's due for a wide release in November 2017.

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''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, earning universal acclaim.acclaim, particularly for the two leads. It's due for a wide release in November 2017.


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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Elio muses on how Oliver isn't the first intern to develop a crush on him, and more than one male stranger has propositioned him.
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Can no longer cite 100% on RT anymore, sadly. And I'm not sure why Elio is listed as not being gay or bisexual when he comes to terms with his own bisexuality in the text and is attracted to both men and women.


''Call Me By Your Name'' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.

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''Call Me By Your Name'' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & and written by Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.



Though it's not set for general release in the USA until November 2017, ''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, boasting a rare 100% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes based on thirty-three reviews.

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Though it's not set for general release in the USA until November 2017, ''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, boasting a rare 100% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes based on thirty-three reviews.
earning universal acclaim with



* BiTheWay: Oliver is attracted to Elio, but he also shows interest in women.
* ChewingTheScenery: The married, motor-mouthed Italian couple who the Perlman's have over for lunch.

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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler:The book ends with a couple of time skips involving Elio meeting up with Oliver again, the former never really moving on from his first love. The film ends much earlier and slightly differently, with Elio still a teenager, reflecting on their relationship. Aciman himself has stated after viewing it that he prefers the film's ending.]]
* BiTheWay: Despite their attraction to each other, Elio and Oliver both admire and sleep with women.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The book ends with Elio and Oliver consummating their passion far too late in the summer, and Oliver leaves and abruptly marries some months later. Contact between Elio and Oliver falters and cools, and even decades later, Elio never moves on from Oliver and
is attracted to even jealous of the latter's wife and children. Both Vimini and Elio's father die, and his mother becomes senile and suspicious. Oliver also eventually forgets their game of calling each other by their own names, which depresses Elio, but though in the book's last meeting, Oliver claims he also shows interest in women.
hasn't forgotten anything, which Elio hopes is true. The only thing keeping it from a straight DownerEnding is the memories and passion that the couple shared is worth the heartbreak that follows.]]
* ChewingTheScenery: The married, motor-mouthed Italian couple who the Perlman's Perlmans have over for lunch.lunch.
* ClosetKey: Elio was attracted to men in the past, but doesn't come to terms with his bisexuality until Oliver.



* FirstLove: Oliver is Elio's first love, and it shakes him to the core. Though Oliver has loved others before Elio, the feeling is no less mutual.
* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler:Oliver marries a girl he's only been dating for a matter of months.]]



* IllGirl: Vimini.
* MayDecemberRomance: Downplayed in that there's only a seven year difference between them, but visually, Oliver looks ''much'' older than Elio.

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* GilliganCut: After Elio nearly has sex with Marzia in the book, he promises not to tell anyone about it. In the very next scene, he announces it at the kitchen table, partly to try to make Oliver jealous.
* GoodParents: Elio genuinely loves his parents, who are caring and let him grow in his own way. [[spoiler:Mr. Perlman even realizes the love between Elio and Oliver and encourages it.]]
* IllGirl: Vimini.
Vimini is suffering from leukemia [[spoiler:which she eventually succumbs to.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Oliver and Vimini become fast friends despite an age difference of over ten years; Elio never begrudges this pure, heartwarming, and close friendship. [[spoiler:After Oliver leaves, Vimini writes to Oliver ever single day until her death.]]
* LecherousLicking: Elio licks Oliver's ''eyelid'' at one point in the novel.
* MayDecemberRomance: Downplayed in that there's only a seven year difference between them, but visually, Oliver looks ''much'' older than Elio.Elio, played by the youthful Chalamet, despite both being only several years older than their characters. This isn't helped by promotional materials and critics both describing Elio as, alternatively, a child or an adolescent.
** Played straighter with Oliver and Chiara, the latter younger than even Elio. The relationship gets its fair share of criticisms before Oliver dumps her.



* NobodyPoops: Averted hard when Oliver and Elio watch and even help each other defecate at one point.
* {{Nosebleed}}: In the book, Oliver's teasing gives Elio a massive nosebleed during a meal, which [[{{Squick}} drips into his food]].



* SceneryPorn: Various scenic spots, especially by the sea are prominent in the story.

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* OperationJealousy: Elio often tries to make Oliver jealous, particularly by being in a relationship with Marzia, but Oliver reacts coldly to it and considers it childish.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Elio and Oliver are attracted to each other from day one, but aren't sure how to voice their feelings, especially when Elio reacts poorly to Oliver's attempt at making a move. [[spoiler:By the time they realize the feeling is mutual and get together, there's not much time left in the summer, and Oliver leaves, getting married shortly after.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Elio is the blue to Oliver's red.
* SceneryPorn: Various scenic spots, especially by Acimin describes the sea are prominent Italian countryside in lush detail, which comes to life with the gorgeous cinematography used in the story. film.



* SingleTargetSexuality: In the book, Elio is portrayed as not necessarily being gay or even bisexual -- just focused on Oliver specifically.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: In Downplayed; Elio has some attraction to people who aren't Oliver, but his passion is still solely reserved for him. [[spoiler:In the book, he never really moves on from it, even decades later.]]
* {{Squick}}: A chaste love story this is not. The peach scene,
Elio is portrayed as not necessarily being gay or even bisexual -- just focused on licking Oliver's eyelid, the two watching each other's bowel movements...
* TheStoic: [[spoiler:Elio tries to feel nothing when
Oliver specifically.
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announces his engagement, and attempts to move on too quickly from his first love. Mr. Perlman gives him a speech urging him to embrace the heartbreak.]]
* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The novel has two time skips where Elio and Oliver meet in their thirties. [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding The film chooses to omit this.]]]]


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* TwiceShy: Elio belatedly realizes that Oliver's hostile looks toward him weren't actually hostile at all, and it was merely a shy person's way of holding a gaze. He then comments on how they must be the two shyest people in the planet. It comes back to bite them when they consummate their passions too late to develop a full relationship.
* UptightLovesWild: Shy, reserved Elio falls for the outspoken, carefree Oliver.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Chiara and Marzia just sort of disappear from the narrative after Oliver and Elio are done with them.


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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: One of the reasons Mr. Perlman implores Elio to embrace heartbreak is because young people live their lives without appreciating that it's the only one they have, and in doing so waste their best years.

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* DisposableLoveInterest: Marzia to Elio.



* DisposableLoveInterest: Marzia to Elio.

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* ChewingTheScenery: The married, motor-mouthed Italian couple who the Perlman's have over for lunch

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* DisposableLoveInterest: Marzia to Elio.


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* IllGirl: Vimini.


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* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:Mr. Perlman after the fact. He hints to Elio at knowing about their relationship and tacitly encourages Elio to treasure the time they had together]].
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* OldFlame: Feelings persist even years later, after [[spoiler:Oliver has married and had children]].


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* SceneryPorn: Various scenic spots, especially by the sea are prominent in the story.
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* Gayngst: In the book, Elio and Oliver both.

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* Gayngst: {{Gayngst}}: In the book, Elio and Oliver both.
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* Gayngst: In the book, Elio and Oliver both.


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* WiseBeyondHisYears: Oliver sees Elio this way. "Is there anything you don't know?"

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No bolding for names of works in this wiki, and Hundred Percent Adoration Rating has to be for something in-movie, not for things from outside the movie like its critical reception.


'''''Call Me By Your Name''''' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.

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'''''Call ''Call Me By Your Name''''' Name'' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.



* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Though it's likely to change when it's officially released, ''Call Me By Your Name'' easily earned a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes upon its release on the festival circuit, with many critics touting it to be a major contender come award season.



* EroticEating: The infamous peach scene in book is portrayed here.

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* EroticEating: The infamous peach scene in from the book is portrayed here.
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'''''Call Me By Your Name''''' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guardagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.

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'''''Call Me By Your Name''''' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guardagnino, Guadagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.
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Set in UsefulNotes/{{Sicily}} during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 1980s]], Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is an average teenage boy expecting to spend another summer with an unknown American academic coming to study with his father, a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg).

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Set in UsefulNotes/{{Sicily}} Northern UsefulNotes/{{Italy}} during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 1980s]], Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is an average teenage boy expecting to spend another summer with an unknown American academic coming to study with his father, a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg).



* Tsundere: When Elio starts to feel attraction for Oliver, he behaves rather antagonistically - making fun of the way he says "Later!" and refusing to play Oliver's song request.

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* Tsundere: {{Tsundere}}: When Elio starts to feel attraction for Oliver, he behaves rather antagonistically - antagonistically, making fun of the way he says "Later!" and refusing to play Oliver's song request.
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* TheEighties: The film is set in this decade.

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* TheEighties: The film is set in this decade. Booty shorts, pastels shirts and 80s music abound.
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* ChewingTheScenery: The married, motor-mouthed Italian couple who the Perlman's have over for lunch
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*Tsundere: When Elio starts to feel attraction for Oliver, he behaves rather antagonistically - making fun of the way he says "Later!" and refusing to play Oliver's song request.
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When their guest turns out to be Oliver (Creator/ArmieHammer), an attractive college graduate who shares his Jewish heritage, Elio finds himself falling for man, and learns the attraction may be mutual.

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When their guest turns out to be Oliver (Creator/ArmieHammer), an attractive college graduate who shares his Jewish heritage, Elio finds himself falling for a man, and learns the attraction may be mutual.

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* BiTheWay: Oliver is attracted to Elio, but he also shows interest in women.


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* BiTheWay: Oliver is attracted to Elio, but he also shows interest in women.
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'''''Call Me By Your Name''''' is a 2017 [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] film, directed by Luca Guadagnino & written by Guardagnino, Walter Fasano, and James Ivory, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.

Set in UsefulNotes/{{Sicily}} during the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties 1980s]], Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is an average teenage boy expecting to spend another summer with an unknown American academic coming to study with his father, a professor (Michael Stuhlbarg).

When their guest turns out to be Oliver (Creator/ArmieHammer), an attractive college graduate who shares his Jewish heritage, Elio finds himself falling for man, and learns the attraction may be mutual.

Though it's not set for general release in the USA until November 2017, ''Call My By Your Name'' has already become a critical success on the film festival circuit, boasting a rare 100% rating on Website/RottenTomatoes based on thirty-three reviews.

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!! ''Call Me By Your Name'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* BiTheWay: Oliver is attracted to Elio, but he also shows interest in women.
* TheEighties: The film is set in this decade.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Though it's likely to change when it's officially released, ''Call Me By Your Name'' easily earned a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes upon its release on the festival circuit, with many critics touting it to be a major contender come award season.
* CreatorCameo: André Aciman, who wrote the novel this film is based on, appears in a cameo role.
* EroticEating: The infamous peach scene in book is portrayed here.
* MayDecemberRomance: Downplayed in that there's only a seven year difference between them, but visually, Oliver looks ''much'' older than Elio.
* NerdsAreSexy: Kind of hard to avoid to trope when Armie Hammer is playing an academic.
* SingleTargetSexuality: In the book, Elio is portrayed as not necessarily being gay or even bisexual -- just focused on Oliver specifically.
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