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Querelle. Watch Querelle with a subscription on Max. In a French bordello, a young sailor meets a murderer who also is his supposed brother. Based on Jean Genet's novel.
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Jan 31, 2019 · Querelle. The director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s last, posthumously released feature, from 1982—an adaptation of a novel by Jean Genet—is a work of bold artistic self-renewal. It stars Brad ...
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.
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.
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.
Apr 29, 1983 · Synopsis by Brian J. Dillard. A sailor learns to take, and give, it like a man in this surrealistic adaptation of writer and thief Jean Genet's novel Querelle de Brest by avant-garde German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. In a colorful brothel in the port of Brest, proprietor Nono (Gunther Kaufmann) is known for wagering with his customers.
Querelle - Apple TV. Available on Prime Video, Tubi TV, Max. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's final film stars Brad Davis as a handsome Belgian sailor dealing with sibling rivalry, murder and explosive sexuality. Drama 1982 1 hr 48 min. 57% Starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Related. Cast & Crew.
