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Querelle Movie Review Summary

Actors: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet

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Based on Jean Genet's novel, QUERELLE is a movie written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1982.
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The setting is the port of Brest, France. Querelle, a sailor, is frequenting Jeanne Moreau's whorehouse. Secretly followed and loved by his captain Franco Nero, Querelle will discover homosexuality with Moreau's husband and other masculine clients of the brothel.
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Plot & Themes

Time/era of movie:    -   1980's-1999 Taboo Sex Story?    -   Yes Kind of sex:    -   Gay guys!

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   French

Setting

Europe    -   Yes European country:    -   France Water?    -   Yes Water:    -   peddle boat Misc setting    -   bar

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   explicit references to deaths Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   kissing    -   touching of personal anatomy    -   actual description of sex    -   seeing nude male butt Any profanity?    -   A lot of foul language Is this movie based on a    -   book

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