Film Screening: Queer – Cinema Under the Stars
Location: Arrigoni Cinema
Organizer: CKŠP Izola
Time: 9.30 pm
Entrance fee: 5 €
Luca Guadagnino / Italy, USA / 2024 / 135 min / Spanish, English
Daniel Craig stars as the alter ego of William S. Burroughs in a sensual film steeped in romantic longing and psychedelic drugs, directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and based on the unfinished, semi-autobiographical novel by the iconic beat writer.
Summary:
Mexico City, 1950s. William Lee leads a lonely life among a small community of American expats. He wanders the streets, frequents gay bars, and indulges in every forbidden substance he can find. One day, he spots the young and enigmatic Eugene Allerton on the street and falls for him instantly. Together, they embark on an odyssey in search of a mysterious drug that takes them deep into the Ecuadorian jungle…
