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Querelle is a 1982 English-language arthouse film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle of Brest. It was Fassbinder's last film, released shortly after his death at the age of 37.
Sep 8, 1982 · Querelle: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet. A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
QUERELLE translate: quarrel, disagreement, squabble, argument, feud. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
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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Querelle. Conjured from the unholy meeting of two iconoclastic queer artists, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film audaciously raises Jean Genet’s controversial novel to the level of myth.
Querelle is all surfaces, fiercely cynical and clear-eyed about the catastrophic state in which humanity finds itself, even in a world built on fantasy. But it is also achingly honest… Review by james💫 ★★★½
