Set in 1983 in northern Italy, Call Me by Your Name chronicles the romantic relationship between a 17-year-old, Elio Perlman ( Timothée Chalamet), and Oliver ( Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old graduate-student assistant to Elio's father Samuel ( Michael Stuhlbarg), an archaeology professor. The film is the final instalment in Guadagnino's thematic 'Desire' trilogy, after I Am Love (2009), and A Bigger Splash (2015). Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same title by André Aciman. Call Me by Your Name ( Italian: Chiamami col tuo nome) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino.