The awards season buzz is beginning to build for Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Queer, based on the short story by author and Beat Generation member William S. Burroughs. Guagagnino’s second movie this year following hit tennis dramedy Challengers, the film stars Daniel Craig and Outer Banks actor Drew Starkey in an intoxicating gay drama that bears some resemblance to the director’s acclaimed Call Me By Your Name.
Craig stars as William Lee, a stand-in for Burroughs, as he wastes his life away in 1950s Mexico City among the American ex-pats and college students, having one night stands with local men, bar-hopping, and trying to clean out from a heroin addiction. But everything changes with the arrival of Starkey’s Eugene Allerton, a young former soldier who he is driven to pursue.
Also in the cast are Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, and Omar Apollo. The film reunites Guadagnino with Challengers screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes.
A24 will open Queer in theaters on November 27th.
SYNOPSIS: In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee (Daniel Craig), an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
