In the new movie “Challengers,” director Luca Guadagnino pulls off a neat trick. The Italian filmmaker (“Call Me By Your Name,” “A Bigger Splash”) has made one of the most sensual, titillating, and downright erotic movies in recent memory — all without featuring a single sex scene.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the time-jumping film skips around over 15 years or so, following our three main characters — played by Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor — from high school into their early 30s.

In tennis, “love” means nothing. Love also has little to do with “Challengers,” which uses the sport as the backdrop to serve up an elaborate, non-linear psychological triangle that proves twisty and enticing for much of the match,

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, who play three entangled tennis pros, and their director, Luca Guadagnino, talk about ambition, jealousy and the “erotic amusement” of their new movie.