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• Matheus C

  
  A director's wicked sexual fantasies writen in Shakesperian terms and photographed in lush Technicolor hues. A shame the characters' only motivations seem to be following their hormonal instincts and find revenge and redemption through screwing.

• Robert C

  
  Not a film for everyone, but a film that I would recomend to anyone who is a fan of film. If that makes sense? There is SO much going on in this film that repeated views are necessary to really appreciate it all. While the subject matter may be uncomfortable for some (no pun… More
  Not a film for everyone, but a film that I would recomend to anyone who is a fan of film. If that makes sense? There is SO much going on in this film that repeated views are necessary to really appreciate it all. While the subject matter may be uncomfortable for some (no pun intended), the underlying theme's should be pause for thought for anyone who dares to examine them. Which is something that I always look for in a film and am thrilled on the rare ocassion when I find it.

• _kelly .

  
  I don't know if this film is as great as I think it is or if the director is being just the right amount of pretentious to come off as profound. After a few more views, I will write more on this film (and the rating will certainly change).

• jay n

  
  Pretentious as hell and somewhat disjointed but has its moments.

• Walter M

  
  Robert(Hanno Poschl) receives a foreboding premonition from Lysiane(Jeanne Moreau) about his brother Querelle(Brad Davis). That proves eerily true when arriving in town, he makes a drug deal with Mario(Burkhard Driest), a crooked cop, that is brokered by Nono(Gunther Kaufmann),… More
  Robert(Hanno Poschl) receives a foreboding premonition from Lysiane(Jeanne Moreau) about his brother Querelle(Brad Davis). That proves eerily true when arriving in town, he makes a drug deal with Mario(Burkhard Driest), a crooked cop, that is brokered by Nono(Gunther Kaufmann), before killing a fellow sailor in a fight. Feeling lucky, Querelle makes a wager with Nono... With his last film, "Querelle," Rainer Werner Fassbinder goes out on a very, very odd note with a movie that even with its languorous pacing cannot maintain its focus for very long. I know that he was no stranger to homoeroticism in his films but here it is not that the characters are in denial about their sexuality but that they need to get in touch with their feelings. So, if things seem a little dreamlike, it is not your imagination with the deliberate artificiality of the sets, dueling narration, occasional title cards and anachronistic items like a video game and the tape recorder that Lieutenant Seblon(Franco Nero) uses to dictate his feelings about Querelle into. All of which might be explained by this being based on a novel by Jean Genet.

• Sylvester K

  
  Beautiful Set Design, filled with the sadness of sunset

• Dimitris S

  
  I loved all of Querelle,regardless of the lukewarm finale of mister Fassbinder,his death marking a significant cinematic loss.His motion picture about all the self-centered egoism all these years reveals itself starring a rebellious young man in the form of an Archangel of Darkness,a… More
  I loved all of Querelle,regardless of the lukewarm finale of mister Fassbinder,his death marking a significant cinematic loss.His motion picture about all the self-centered egoism all these years reveals itself starring a rebellious young man in the form of an Archangel of Darkness,a similar reference to Genet's homosexual study.Yes,Fassbinder is not in his forte despite the beloved subject matter of his.Kudos to the theatrical prestige linking the degeneracy of the lower scums such is Moreau's character.

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