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In a French bordello, a young sailor meets a murderer who also is his supposed brother. Based on Jean Genet's novel.
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Eric Henderson Slant Magazine Pride is many things, but this year it’s mostly the cut of Brad Davis’s muscle shirt cradling his cleavage like no piece of cloth has this side of Marlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski. Jun 23, 2024 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker A work of bold artistic self-renewal. Feb 4, 2019 Full Review Dan Yakir Boston Globe It is far from perfect, but a rewarding experience nonetheless - amd a much better film than the derivative "Lola" and the convoluted "Veronika Voss" that preceded it. It is destined to become a cult classic. Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog Compared to more recent queer films, like João Pedro Rodrigues' O Fantasma or Alain Guiraudie's 2014 Stranger by the Lake, it isn't especially explicit, but in every other way, it's among the most deliriously homoerotic films ever made. Rated: 3/4 Aug 28, 2024 Full Review Rudie Obias Battleship Pretension It’s bold, confusing, off-putting, and at times very ugly and violent. Jun 12, 2024 Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) The images on the screen are all the right ones but there is little feeling to back them up, make them valid. It’s homoeroticism without the eroticism. Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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PridePosterStudios You can sail the seven seas- in the navy Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Fernando S La sexualidad cómo telón dé fondo, la película dé culto gay junto con Pink Narcisus Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Jens B An erotic meditation on Genet, an abundance of sexual tension, a lot of sweaty, muscular sailors, casual anal sex, phallic imagery, and next level camera work and lighting. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Worst film I saw in the 80s Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review william k Fassbinder's last movie is a deliberately nefarious study of homoerotic sensibilities. a quite accurate adaptation of Genet's novel and a sum of the director's artistry: slow-paced, atmospheric, technically brilliant production design with expressionistic lighting and artificial stage settings and quite bleak. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review tina m not everybody's type of movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In a French bordello, a young sailor meets a murderer who also is his supposed brother. Based on Jean Genet's novel.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer
Dieter Schidor, Sam Waynberg
Screenwriter
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Burkhard Driest
Production Co
Planet Film, Gaumont, Albatros Produktion
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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