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Budget. DEM 4 million. 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.
- (7.4K)
- Drama
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1982-09-08
Franz Walsch. Music. Peer Raben. 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
Querelle is a handsome sailor whose commanding officer, Seblon, worships and desires him from afar. After murdering his drug-smuggling partner, Querelle visits a notorious brothel run by the rapacious Lysiane who leads Querelle into his first homosexual encounter. Subsequently, he falls in love...
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Brad Davis
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. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
- (12.2K)
- Gaumont, Albatros Produktion, Planet Film
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Mar 18, 2016 · Querelle was Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film, shot only a few months before his death at age 37. For filmmaker Monika Treut, Querelle “sums up what Fassbinder expressed in many of his earlier films,” 1 but Querelle is intriguing also for intimating new and unexplored directions. It shares the common Fassbinder themes of betrayal ...
Overview. 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. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Director, Screenplay. Jean Genet. Novel. Burkhard Driest. Screenplay.
