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.
Querelle has generally received positive reviews.
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Querelle was released in 1982 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 65 reviews, giving Querelle (1982) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 47%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Querelle a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 68%, Querelle is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1982, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1982 with similar scores include films like Rocky III, The World According to Garp and Forbidden Zone.
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