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Armie Hammer Says Filming 'Call Me By Your Name' Was Its Own Summer Romance

The film tells the story of two young men who fall in love one summer in Northern Italy. Hammer describes it as "just watching two people explore and learn that love is love."
In <em>Call Me By Your Name, </em>Oliver (Armie Hammer, left) and Elio (Timothée Chalamet) spend a summer falling in love in Northern Italy.

The new movie Call Me By Your Name is based on a beloved novel of the same title by André Aciman. It tells the story of two young American men who fall in love one summer in Northern Italy. Elio, 17, is played by Timothée Chalamet (Lady Bird), and Oliver, 24, is played by Armie Hammer (The Social Network, The Lone Ranger).

Hammer describes the film as "just watching two people explore and learn that love is love."

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