Querelle(1982)
It will take you into a surreal world of passion and sexuality, further than most would dare to go.
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
Movie: Querelle
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