QUEER
Year: 2024
Production: European
QUEER - Italy-USA, 2024, 134‘
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Daniel Craig (William Lee), Lesley Manville (Dr. Cotter), Drew Starkey (Eugene
Allerton), Jason Schwartzman (Joe), David Lowery (Jim Cochan), Henrique Zaga (Winston
Moor)
Venice – Nomination for Golden Lion and Queer Lion
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City in his early 50s, spends his days
almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American
community. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, a young student new to the city, shows him,
for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with
somebody.
Daniel Craig shows a whole new side in Luca Guadagnino’s bold and trippy adaptation of
William S. Burroughs’ ahead-of-its-time novel. It's an edgy tale of addiction and also a love
story, as Craig, pursuing Drew Starkey's object of desire, infuses Burroughs with a winning
vulnerability.
Production: European
QUEER - Italy-USA, 2024, 134‘
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Daniel Craig (William Lee), Lesley Manville (Dr. Cotter), Drew Starkey (Eugene
Allerton), Jason Schwartzman (Joe), David Lowery (Jim Cochan), Henrique Zaga (Winston
Moor)
Venice – Nomination for Golden Lion and Queer Lion
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City in his early 50s, spends his days
almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American
community. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, a young student new to the city, shows him,
for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with
somebody.
Daniel Craig shows a whole new side in Luca Guadagnino’s bold and trippy adaptation of
William S. Burroughs’ ahead-of-its-time novel. It's an edgy tale of addiction and also a love
story, as Craig, pursuing Drew Starkey's object of desire, infuses Burroughs with a winning
vulnerability.
