Querelle
1982
Brest, France
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Drama
What’s it all about: Jean Moreau is a frustrated whorehouse madam in the seamy port of Brest, where all the men want to do is fight or f*ck each other, then have drinks and gossip all the details.
What’s so gay about it: an all-Village People cast of sailors, cops, construction workers and legionnaires.
Prostitute Index: high
Death By: bar fight
Relics: sodomy
Hoops: trans brothel extras with no speaking parts
Heartthrobs: Dieter Schidor, Günther Kaufmann, Laurent Malet
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: intense sex scenes without nudity
LoFi Magic: hug punching; phallic graffiti and frosted glass
Makes me want to: finally watch what I hear is his best one, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Candotti Take: “It seems a 90s movie, good styling. Very nice, beautiful, artistic. I like the music.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes (for the establishing shots alone)
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