Querelle

1982

Action / Drama

22
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 65% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 8712 8.7K

based on novel or book murder male homosexuality sailor lgbt shocking

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Photo
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Top cast

Franco Nero Photo
Franco Nero as Lieutenant Seblon
Laurent Malet Photo
Laurent Malet as Roger Bataille
Werner Asam Photo
Werner Asam as Arbeiter
Jeanne Moreau Photo
Jeanne Moreau as Lysiane
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994.89 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 5
1.8 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 27

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Brad Davis (sprayed into his tight white canvas

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. The losing roll of the dice could cost you more than a few shekels. This is all something that captain "Seblon" (Franco Nero) is aware of - and he knows that sex can be an effective way to stop frustration becoming violence. It'd be easy to write this off as an out-dated queer-fest, but actually there is quite a bit more to it. The journey of self discovery for the young man; the unrequited love for him from his boss, the complex relationship with his equally handsome brother "Robert" (Hanno Pöschl) and the sparing appearances of teh matter man's current girlfriend "Lysiane" (Jeanne Moreau) - the principal attraction in the "La Feria" bar/whorehouse/general den of ill repute - all intrigue. Wassbinder's last film is certainly not his best, and to be honest it has dated rather badly over thirty years, but it has an immersive, theatrically intense style to it and the sex - though not remotely graphic - has a seediness that leaves much more to the imagination and, I reckon, is therefore much more potent and challenging. Somehow our own imagination (and fetishes) are tantalisingly teased and exposed without anything too specific on screen. It won't be to everyone's taste. A film about guys shagging and drug dealing in a French port won't work everywhere, but it's much more of a work of cinema than I was expecting. Though I didn't really get the ending, I found it oddly compelling.
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Reviewed by jaybob 8 / 10

Fassbinders last film,not his BEST but will do as a reminder of what he accomplished in his too short career.r.

QUERILLE is based on a novel by Genet.

Combining the artistry of Fassbinder & Genet into one film is not easy.

The film is a murder mystery,a many part love story (mostly male). Absract images bordering on being psychedelic.

The acting by all is low key & excellent. The main known actors are Brad Davis (he died a few years later from the ravages of AIDS). He was an exceptional actor & is very well missed. We lost this year another actor who had them same superb acting chops. Heath Ledger.

Jeanne Moreau gives another excellent performance as the bar Owner.

Franco Nero plays the ship officer who is lusting after Querille (Brad Davis).

All the other actors are equally excellent.

There are a few sex scenes (male-male) they are done with erotic & are in no way offensive.

The cinematography is quite abstract with beautiful images almost like paintings.

This film is not for all tastes, but for Fassbinder fans it is a must.

One more thing, I have viewed this a few times previously and finally understood the song that Jeane Moreau sings throughout the movie

Ratings: ***1/2 (out of 4) 91 points (out of 100 IMDb 8 (out of 10)

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