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Querelle

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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 06/23/2024
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. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 02/04/2019
A work of bold artistic self-renewal. Go to Full Review Dan Yakir Boston Globe 04/27/2018
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. Go to Full Review Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog 08/28/2024
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Rudie Obias Battleship Pretension 06/12/2024
It’s bold, confusing, off-putting, and at times very ugly and violent. Go to Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) 07/12/2022
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Andrew C May 16 That was some steamy stuff. Continuing my journey through the works of Fassbinder. The film is shot gorgeously, and I really dug it. See more David K Feb 10 This is one of those pieces of garbage that comes floating out of the minds of those who think they are oh-so-cerebral, oh-so-artistic, that anyone who doesn't "get" it is obviously an artless rube. I watched this as one of TCM"s entries in their Special Theme (May 2024) The Art of Artifice. This series focuses on the work of set designers/production designers and it is within that context that this film works. And, only within that context. The acting is deliberately stiff, the sex anything but erotic, the script is wooden, the songs are highly forgettable, and not one of the characters is remotely engaging. In a word, self indulgent. See more PridePosterStudios 09/20/2023 You can sail the seven seas- in the navy See more Jens B @Jens97 01/25/2023 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. See more 06/18/2022 Worst film I saw in the 80s See more Alan 06/23/2019 Absolutely Magnificent See more Read all reviews
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Brad Davis

Querelle

Franco Nero

Lieutenant Seblon

Jeanne Moreau

Lysiane

Laurent Malet

Roger Bataille

Hanno Pöschl

Robert

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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
Gaumont, Planet Film, 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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