1982 · drama · german
Querelle
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder1h 49m1982
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.
Our read: Querelle (1982) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · german entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / german, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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