Queer

2024 | Color | 135:00

Having fled from a drug bust, an American expatriate becomes infatuated with a discharged American Navy serviceman. Indifferent to his advances, the man eventually relents—but only enough to intensify the protagonist’s sexual yearnings into a full-blown obsession.

Country: Italia
Direction: Guadagnino; Luca
Script: Kuritzkes; Justin
Production: Guadagnino; Luca, Mieli; Lorenzo
Photography: Mukdeeprom; Sayombhu
Sound: Omnes; Yves-Marie
Music: Reznor; Trent, Ross; Atticus
Cast:Craig; Daniel, Starkey; Drew, Manville; Lesley, Schwartzman; Jason, Borremans; Michael, Ursuta; Andra, Schulman; Ariel, Droege; Drew
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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