Tennis love triangle romance Challengers is one of the best-reviewed films of the year, and director Luca Guadagnino is riding high off of the success, lining up a number of exciting new projects, including the Daniel Craig-starring drama Queer.
But it was only seven years ago that the filmmaker had his breakthrough critical and commercial success with the sumptuous coming-of-age film, Call Me By Your Name, a timeless tale of queer longing the cemented Timothée Chalamet’s rise to stardom.
We assume, if you’re a Queerty reader, you’re already familiar. But in case you need a refresher: The movie follows Elio (Chalamet), an American teen in 1983 who spends the summer at his family’s Italian villa. His professor father (Michael Stuhlbarg) takes on a new intern every summer, and Elio quickly develops a crush on the new intern, Oliver (troubled actor Armie Hammer). Elio and Oliver end up in an intense romantic relationship over the course of the summer, changing Elio’s life forever.
As Luca Guadagnino continues to become one of the hottest directors in Hollywood, take a look back at these 20 fascinating facts about Call Me By Your Name…
Louis
I loved this book. And film. And I enjoyed the sequel book. It’s a shame we won’t see a sequel film. I want Hammer to return to acting (he’s done nothing illegal).
deann
This movie glorifies p@3d0phelia, the movie and the book did not have to make Timothes’ character 16 yrs old, and I don’t want to hear that the age of consent in Italy is 14 yrs old, just because something is in the law does’nt mean it’s right, it’s still p@3d0phelia. Don’t forget that at some point in time it was in the law to arrest g@y men for assembling in bars, was that right? No.
inbama
Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.
Ephebophilia is the primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents.