Querelle
1982 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.6 · 67% critics
A sailor on shore leave in a French port gets pulled into a seedy underworld of smuggling, desire, and violence. As he drifts between dangerous deals and intense encounters, he’s forced to confront what he wants, what he fears, and who he’s becoming.
Based on Querelle of Brest
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-09-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (206 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a provocative, stylized, adult drama about identity and desire with a surreal, stagey feel, similar to In a Year with 13 Moons or Berlin Alexanderplatz; Not for you if explicit sex talk and bleak violence turn you off.
Pros: bold taboo themes; intense, theatrical atmosphere; memorable dialogue | Cons: stilted acting; meandering, confusing plot; crude, seedy content
Themes
- based on novel or book
- murder
- male homosexuality
- sailor
- lgbt
- shocking
- gay theme
- brest
- provocative
Awards & recognition
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Musical Score · 1984 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Original Song · 1984 · nominated
Cast & crew
Brad Davis
as Querelle
Franco Nero
as Lieutenant Seblon
Jeanne Moreau
as Lysiane
Laurent Malet
as Roger Bataille
Hanno Pöschl
as Robert / Gil
Günther Kaufmann
as Nono
Burkhard Driest
as Mario
Roger Fritz
as Marcellin
Dieter Schidor
as Vic Rivette
Natja Brunckhorst
as Paulette
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder