Querelle

Querelle

1982 · 109 min · EN · R · 6.6 (223 votes)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann · Music Peer Raben

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

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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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A fever dream of desire and danger. This film plunges into the dark heart of masculinity and forbidden longing, drenched in shadow and operatic intensity. It's a potent, unsettling exploration of the self.

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