Sony Sets Release Date for Gay Love Story Call Me by Your Name

By: Michael “The Sizzler” Jacobs, Staff Writer

LAS VEGAS, NV — Call Me By Your Name [2017] is the highly anticipated English-language internationally co-produced coming-of-age drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Guadagnino, James Ivory, and Walter Fasano, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman.

Before the film made its premier at the Sundance Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics came in and purchased the worldwide rights to the gay love story film, Call Me by Your Name.  The film stars young gorgeous actor Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer,  Michael Stuhlbarg and Amira Casar in the leads.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back on January 22, 2017. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 24, 2017, by Sony Pictures Classics.

Plot:
“Summer of 1983, Northern Italy. An American-Italian Elio Perlman, is enamored by a handsome doctoral American student who comes to study and live with his family. The curious 17-year-old and the 24 year-old doctoral student find themselves together sharing an unforgettable summer full of music, food, and romance that will forever change them.”

Cast: Armie Hammer | Amira Casar | Timothée Chalamet | Michael Stuhlbarg | See Full Cast

Genres: gay relationship | lgbt | love | based on novel | teenage boy | summer | Italy

MPAA Rating:R [for sexual content, nudity and some language]

Directed by: Luca Guadagnino

Screenplay: James Ivory

Based on Novel by: André Aciman

Production co: Frenesy Film Company | La Cinéfacture | RT Features

Distributed by: Mongrel Media | Sony Pictures Classics (Theatrical)

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Country: Italy | France | Brazil | USA

Language: English | Italian | French | German

Budget: €4,000,000 ($ 4,478,280 USD)

Release date: November 24, 2017 (Limited)