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Querelle

Name: Querelle
Released: 1982-09-08T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.6

It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.

1982 • 109 min • ★ 6.6 (208) • Released

Crime Drama

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband: if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane; if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose.

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Original title: Querelle
Language: EN
Country: FR
Budget: $1,600,000
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

CinemaSerf

Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Brad Davis (sprayed into his tight white canvas trousers!) is the eponymous sailor, enticed into a seamy life when their ship docks in Brest. This proves to be a port where homosexuality is the currency of the day. The losing roll of the dice could cost you more than a few shekels. This is all something that captain "Seblon" (Franco Nero) is aware of - and he knows that sex can be an effective way to stop frustration becoming violence. It'd be easy to write this off as an out-dated queer-fest, but actually there is quite a bit more to it. The journey of self discovery for the young man; the unrequited love for him from his boss, the complex relationship with his equally handsome brother "Robert" (Hanno Pöschl) and the sparing appearances of teh matter man's current girlfriend "Lysiane" (Jeanne Moreau) - the principal attraction in the "La Feria" bar/whorehouse/general den of ill repute - all intrigue. Wassbinder's last film is certainly not his best, and to be honest it has dated rather badly over thirty years, but it has an immersive, theatrically intense style to it and the sex - though not remotely graphic - has a seediness that leaves much more to the imagination and, I reckon, is therefore much more potent and challenging. Somehow our own imagination (and fetishes) are tantalisingly teased and exposed without anything too specific on screen. It won't be to everyone's taste. A film about guys shagging and drug dealing in a French port won't work everywhere, but it's much more of a work of cinema than I was expecting. Though I didn't really get the ending, I found it oddly compelling.

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Keywords 9

based on novel or book brest gay theme lgbt male homosexuality murder provocative sailor shocking

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Cast 20

Brad Davis

Querelle

Franco Nero

Lieutenant Seblon

Jeanne Moreau

Lysiane

Laurent Malet

Roger Bataille

Hanno Pöschl

Robert / Gil

Günther Kaufmann

Nono

Burkhard Driest

Mario

Roger Fritz

Marcellin

Dieter Schidor

Vic Rivette

Natja Brunckhorst

Paulette

Robert van Ackeren

Drunk legionnaire

Werner Asam

Worker

Isolde Barth

Girl

Wolf Gremm

Drunk legionnaire

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Worker

Y Sa Lo

Girl

Frank Ripploh

Drunk legionnaire

Karl Scheydt

Sailor

Vitus Zeplichal

Worker

Isa Jank

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Crew 17

Xaver Schwarzenberger

Director of Photography

Roger Fritz

Still Photographer

Dieter Gackstetter

Choreographer

El Hedi ben Salem

Thanks

Harry Baer

Assistant Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Editor

Burkhard Driest

Co-Producer

Dieter Schidor

Producer

Rolf Zehetbauer

Production Designer

Mickey Cottrell

Publicist

Martin Steyer

ADR Mixer

Martin Steyer

Foley Mixer

Peer Raben

Original Music Composer

Jean Genet

Novel

Burkhard Driest

Screenplay

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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US Release Dates 3

Oct 1, 1982

Chicago International Film Festival

Premiere

Apr 29, 1983

New York City, New York

R Theatrical (Limited)

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