Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ na-esonyere ọrụ ahụ ruo afọ atọ, Chalamet na-eme ihe nkiri Luca Guadagnino "Kpọọ m aha gị", dabere na akwụkwọ akụkọ nke otu aha ahụ, nke André Aciman dere. Akụkọ a gbara gburugburu Elio Perlman, nwa okorobịa bi na Italy n'afọ ndị 1980, onye hụrụ Oliver n'anya (Armie Hammer), nwa akwụkwọ mahadum nke bịara ịnọnyere ezinụlọ ya. Iji kwadebe maka ọrụ ahụ, Chalamet mụtara ịsụ asụsụ Ịtalian, yana ịkpọ piano na guitar. "Kpọọ m aha gị" bidoro na 2017 Sundance Film Festival ka ndị nkatọ mara mma; ndị nkatọ gosipụtara arụmọrụ Chalamet. Olly Richards nke "Empire" dere, "N'ime ihe nkiri ebe ihe nkiri ọ bụla dị egwu, Chalamet na-eme ka ndị ọzọ dị ka ha na-eme ihe nkiri. Ọ bụ nanị ya ga-eme ka ihe nkiri ahụ baa uru ikiri". Jon Frosch nke "The Hollywood Reporter" kwuru na ọ nweghị ihe ngosi n'afọ ahụ "na-adị ka mmetụta uche, anụ ahụ na ọgụgụ isi dị ndụ" ma tinye Chalamet na ndepụta magazin nke arụmọrụ kachasị mma nke afọ. "Time" kpọkwara Chalamet otu n'ime ihe kachasị mma n'afọ, ebe "The New York Times" gosipụtara ya na ndepụta ya nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri kachasị mma n'afọ. Maka ihe nkiri ya na fim ahụ, ọ meriri Gotham Independent Film Award maka Breakthrough Actor na Independent Spirit Award maka Best Male Lead, wee nweta nhọpụta maka Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA Award, na Academy Award, niile maka Best Actor. Ọ bụ onye nke atọ kachasị nta n'akụkọ ihe mere eme ka a họpụtara ya maka Academy Award maka Best Actor nakwa nke kachasị nta kemgbe Mickey Rooney dị afọ 19 na "Babes in Arms" na
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