Oliver in Call Me by Your Name

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Oliver in *Call Me by Your Name* is a confident, intellectually charismatic American graduate student whose summer romance with Elio forms the emotional core of the story.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedFor film
stage (various adaptations)
appearsIn Call Me by Your Name (2017 film)
Call Me by Your Name (novel)
Find Me (novel)
linked to: Find Me
associatedWithTheme desire
loss
memory
sexual identity
time and transience
basedInWork Call Me by Your Name (book series)
catchphrase Later!
centralRelationshipIn Call Me by Your Name (2017 film)
Call Me by Your Name (novel)
communicatesWith Elio Perlman by phone
creator André Aciman
culturalImpact iconic queer cinema character
fieldOfStudy classical studies
gender male
hairColor blond
hasChildren two sons
hostedBy Perlman family
languageSpoken English
some Italian
laterMarries unnamed woman
meetsCharacterIn Elio Perlman
narrativeFunction coming-of-age catalyst
object of desire
nationality American
occupation graduate student
personalityTrait charismatic
confident
intellectually charismatic
physicalBuild athletic
portrayedBy Armie Hammer
roleInStory catalyst for Elio’s sexual awakening
love interest of Elio Perlman
romanticRelationshipWith Elio Perlman
settingOfKeyEvents Northern Italy
sexualOrientation queer-coded
staysAt Perlman villa
symbolism ephemeral first love
idealized summer romance
timePeriod summer 1983
worksWith Samuel Perlman

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Armie Hammer playedRole Oliver in Call Me by Your Name