DISTRIBUTOR Sony Pictures Classics

RELEASE DATE Nov. 23

BUDGET $3.5M

BOX OFFICE TO DATE $17.7M

FOUR NOMINATIONS Picture, lead actor Timothee Chalamet, adapted screenplay and song

STRENGTHS A lush, idyllic summer romance, it's a feast for the senses — you can practically taste the cheese, the pasta and the wine, to say nothing of that peach. It boasts the excitement of a rising young star in Chalamet. An indie darling, it led the Spirit Award nominations with six mentions, won best feature at the Gotham Awards and was named best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

WEAKNESSES Director Luca Guadagnino and supporting actors Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg all were left off the nominations list. Its most passionate fans fear the heartbreak of another Brokeback Mountain-like loss.