It’s the summer of 1983, in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman, a 17-year-old American-Italian boy spends his days in his family's 17th century villa lazily transcribing music and flirting with his friend Marzia. One day Oliver, a charming, 24-year-old American scholar working on his doctorate arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture. Amidst the sun-drenched splendor of this sensual setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Born in Palermo, Italy in 1971, Luca Guadagnino is a director, screenwriter and producer who gained international renown with his film I AM LOVE which premiered at Venice, was nominated for a Golden Globe and screened in the Berlinale's Culinary Cinema section in 2010. He also works as a director for documentaries and opera.

Filmography:
2017 - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
2015 - A BIGGER SPLASH
2013 - BERTOLUCCI ON BERTOLUCCI, doc
2009 - I AM LOVE
2005 - MELISSA P.
2004 - CUOCO CONTADINO, doc
2002 - MUNDO CIVILIZADO, doc
1999 - THE PROTAGONISTS