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Querelle Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1982

Runtime: 109 min

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl

Studios: Gaumont, Planet Film, Albatros Filmproduktion

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.

Special Features:

Restored high-definition digital master

Approved by director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

New interview

With critic Michael Koresky on director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s aesthetics and visual storytelling

Rainer Werner Fassbinder—Last Works

A 1982 documentary by Wolf Gremm

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Nathan Lee

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