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QUEER Trailer: Daniel Craig Is Torn Between Love & Addiction in Luca Guadagnino’s New Heartbreaker

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Luca Guadagnino's QUEER

When is Luca Guadagnino not on a role?

The director made waves this year by making moviegoers swoon and thirst over the love triangle in his smash hit Challengers. Now he’s back with another tale of lust and longing that stars Daniel Craig as you’ve never seen him before. Guadagnino reunites with his Challengers scribe Justin Kuritzkes for Queer, a bold adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novella which he penned in the 1950s. Craig leads the film as Bill Lee, an openly gay expatriate living in Mexico City in the 1940s. While not feeding his heroin addiction, he becomes enamored by Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey), a young discharged Navy veteran. The duo embarks on a passionate, mostly one-sided love affair. The duo soon takes a journey deeper into South America for an ayahuasca experience to reach new heights of enlightenment.

The cast includes Jason Schwartzman, an almost unrecognizable Lesley Manville, Omar Apollo, Drew Droege, Henry Zaga, Ariel Schulman, and HtN alum David Lowery in a cameo role. It had its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival to great acclaim, before making stops at TIFF and NYFF. The film also reunites Guadagnino with his frequent cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and composers Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.

Queer opens in theaters November 27 from A24. Check out the trailer below.

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M.J. O'Toole began writing for HtN in early 2021 during the Sundance Film Festival. An NYC native and lifelong cinephile, his favorite films include Chungking Express, The Three Colors Trilogy, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Lovers on the Bridge, and Midnight Cowboy. He is the Digital Marketing Manager for the agency 3rd Impression - working alongside Editor-at-large Matt Delman - that specializes in digital marketing for independent film. He holds a BA from Adelphi University and a Masters in Digital Photography from the School of Visual Arts. You can check out his portrait and street photography on Instagram.

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