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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.
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- Drama
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1982-09-08
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.
In an expressionistic soundstage vision of a French seaport town—bathed in fiery hues and complete with phallic spires—a strapping sailor and unrepentant criminal (Brad Davis) comes ashore to arouse passion, rivalry, and violence among the libidinal denizens drawn into his orbit.
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Querelle. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1982 • Germany. Starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau. 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.
The title character, a beautiful and depraved French sailor caught up in drug dealing, murder and rough sex, is played by American actor Brad Davis, winner of a Golden Globe for his acting debut in Midnight Express (1978). The cast also features legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau, who is tasked with repeatedly singing a song adapted from an ...
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