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Querelle
Querelle
7.5
/10
1,852 Ratings

QUERELLE

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
France, West Germany, 1982
Drama, Fantasy, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Our take

Querelle is Fassbinder’s last film, an English-language interpretation of Jean Genet, starring Jeanne Moreau in an otherwise male-only cast. Evoking the world of cruising, its homoerotic sexual tension and striking aesthetics make it an astonishing work and a cult classic in the LGBTQ+ pantheon.