Querelle
Rainer Werner Fassbinder / DE, FR, IT, 1982 / 107 min.
Fassbinder’s swan song, after Jean Genet’s homo-erotic novel Querelle de Brest (1953) caused a considerable ruckus due to its raw depiction of the doomed love between two men.
The criminal sailor Querelle visits Brest where he becomes embroiled in an exuberant gambling den come brothel led by Madame Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau). As Lysiane sings her favourite song 'Each man kills the thing he loves', Querelle (Brad Davis) loses himself in sadomasochist games with Nono (Franco Nero), Lysiane’s spouse.
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Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production year
1982
Country
DE, FR, IT
Original title
Querelle
Length
107 min.
Language
none
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
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