Call Me by Your Name is a romantic drama centered on the relationship between two cisgender men, Elio and Oliver, during a summer in Italy. The film explores themes of first love, desire, and self-discovery. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Call Me by Your Name is an adaptation of André Aciman's novel. All main characters, including Elio, Oliver, and Elio's parents, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No characters canonically male or female in the novel are portrayed as a different gender in the film.

The film "Call Me by Your Name" is an adaptation of a novel. The main characters, Elio and Oliver, along with Elio's parents, are consistently portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their descriptions in the source material. No character canonically established as one race is depicted as a different race.