DramaFantasy

Querelle

- It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.

Release Date : 1982-09-08

Language :GermanEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : GaumontPlanet Film

Production Country : GermanyFrance

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Querelle

Original Name : Brad Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Seblon

Original Name : Franco Nero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lysiane

Original Name : Jeanne Moreau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roger Bataille

Original Name : Laurent Malet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert / Gil

Original Name : Hanno Pöschl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nono

Original Name : Günther Kaufmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mario

Original Name : Burkhard Driest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcellin

Original Name : Roger Fritz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vic Rivette

Original Name : Dieter Schidor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paulette

Original Name : Natja Brunckhorst

Gender : Female

Character Name : Drunk legionnaire

Original Name : Robert van Ackeren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Werner Asam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Isolde Barth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Axel Bauer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Theo

Original Name : Neil Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Gilles Gavois

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk legionnaire

Original Name : Wolf Gremm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Y Sa Lo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Michael McLernon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk legionnaire

Original Name : Frank Ripploh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Karl Scheydt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Vitus Zeplichal

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Isa Jank

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

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.