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Release Date: 1982 Cast: Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Hanno Pöschl, Jean Genet, Natja Brunckhorst, Günther Kaufmann, Burkhard Driest, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Brad Davis
Categories: Movies, LGBT, Erotic Drama, World cinema, Gay, Gay Interest, Gay Themed, Romantic drama, Romance Film Querelle is a 1982 film starring Brad Davis and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle de Brest. It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
The plot centres on the handsome sailor Georges Querelle (Brad Davis), who is also a thief and murderer. When his ship, the Vengeur, arrives in Brest, he visits the Feria, a bar and brothel for sailors run by the madame Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau), whose lover Robert is Querelle's brother.... MORE
Querelle is a 1982 film starring Brad Davis and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel Querelle de Brest. It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
The plot centres on the handsome sailor Georges Querelle (Brad Davis), who is also a thief and murderer. When his ship, the Vengeur, arrives in Brest, he visits the Feria, a bar and brothel for sailors run by the madame Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau), whose lover Robert is Querelle's brother. Querelle has a passionate love/hate relationship with his brother; when they meet at La Feria, they embrace, but also punch one another slowly and repeatedly in the belly. Lysiane's husband Nono (Günther Kaufmann) tends bar and manages La Feria's underhanded affairs with the assistance of his friend, the corrupt police captain Mario.
Querelle makes a deal to sell opium to Nono, and murders his accomplice Vic. After delivering the drugs, Querelle announces that he wants to sleep with Lysiane. He knows that this means he will have to throw dice with Nono, who, as Lysiane's husband, has the LESS
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