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Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey’s Sensual — and Psychedelic — Sexual Awakening in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Earns 9-Minute Venice Ovation


Luca Guadagnino's romantic drama 'Queer,' starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, earned a 9-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival.

The drama, with its explicit love scenes, swept up a packed theater at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday night, earning a 9-minute standing ovation. Guadagnino’s “Challengers” collaborator Justin Kuritzkes penned the screenplay, and the cast also includes Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Henry Zaga, Drew Droege, Ariel Schulman, Colin Bates, Ronia Ava, Perla Ambrosini and Simon Rizzoni. Italian auteur Guadagnino has a long history at the festival, having premiered numerous films there over the years including his directorial debut “The Protagonists” in 1999; the 2004 documentary “Cuoco Contandino”; Desire Trilogy installments “I Am Love” (2009) and “A Bigger Splash” (2015) starring Tilda Swinton; 2018’s “Suspiria” with Dakota Johnson; his 2020 Ferragamo documentary “The Shoemaker of Dreams”; and romantic horror “Bones and All” (2022) starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell, which won the Silver Lion for best direction.

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