In early-1980s northern Italy, amid the lush Mediterranean landscapes of a serene and golden summer, 17-year-old, Elio, visits the family's summer villa to spend his vacation with his father and Greco-Roman culture professor, Mr Perlman, his translator mother, Annella, and the American doctoral student who works there as an intern, Oliver. But, little by little, over the co find out more...

Starring its original cast Alan Bennett's energetic comically written award-winning play, with its sparkling dialogue and characters, hits the big-screen. Set in 1980s Sheffield, an unruly class of gifted and charming male A-Level students return to school for the autumn term Oxbridge entrance exams. Lust, love, death and homosexuality (it's an English school picture) abound, but most of the discussion centres around the nature and value of learning. Lording over them is their passionate and ded find out more...