Hot off the success of
Challengers, director Luca Guadagnino and writer Justin Kuritzkes make a quick return with Queer. Based on the novel by William S. Burroughs, the film is set in
1950s Mexico City and stars Daniel Craig as an American who becomes
infatuated with a young discharged sailor (Drew Starkey).
Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, Omar Apollo, Andra
Ursuta, Andres Duprat, Ariel Shulman, Drew Droege, Michael Borremans,
David Lowery, Lisandro Alonso
and Colin Bates also star.
Queer is in UK/ROI cinemas from December 13th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, new to the city, shows him, for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.