Querelle (1982)

US:: R Drama

Here is the story of a beautiful, proud, and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drug-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel run by the rapacious Lysiane, who leads Querelle into his first homosexual encounter. Then, Querelle has become vulnerable and soft, and soon the once powerful object of passion comes to belong to Seblon.

Updated May 11 2020

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1983-04-29

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Keywords:

male homosexuality

FACTS

Runtime: 108 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.

Cast

Hanno Pöschl

Robert / Gil

Karl Scheydt

Matrose

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Arbeiter

Jeanne Moreau

Lysiane

Burkhard Driest

Himself

Franco Nero

Lieutenant Seblon

Günther Kaufmann

Nono

Dieter Schidor

Vic Rivette