# Querelle (1982)

> A doomed sailor enters a stylized Brest underworld where forbidden desire, criminal ritual, and masculine shame become inseparable.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27146

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast: Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann, Burkhard Driest, Roger Fritz
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084565/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: provocative, dreamlike, menacing, arthouse film night, queer cinema retrospective

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