Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, France
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- murder
- male homosexuality
- sailor
- lgbt
- shocking
- gay theme
- brest
- provocative
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Hanno Pöschl — Robert / Gil
- Günther Kaufmann — Nono
- Burkhard Driest — Mario
- Roger Fritz — Marcellin
- Dieter Schidor — Vic Rivette
- Natja Brunckhorst — Paulette
- Robert van Ackeren — Drunk legionnaire
- Werner Asam — Worker
- Isolde Barth — Girl
- Axel Bauer — Worker
- Neil Bell — Theo
- Directed
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 218 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, Planet Film, Albatros Filmproduktion
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
