Country: Italy, United States
Language: English, Spanish

About the film:

World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion nominee. In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of Eugene Allerton stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Based on the 1985 novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs

Images courtesy of A24 Films

About the filmmaker: 

Luca Guadagnino is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. For directing and producing Call Me by Your Name (2017), Guadagnino received widespread critical acclaim and several accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Nastro d’Argento for Best Director, BAFTA Award for Best Direction and Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Among his many projects, he has collaborated a number of times with actress Tilda Swinton, including on the films The Protagonists (1999), I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Suspiria (2018), a remake of the 1977 film of the same name.

His most recent features include two 2022 Venice Film Festival selections, Bones and All (2022) and the documentary Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams (2022), and Challengers (2024), originally set to open the 2023 Venice Film Festival before the premiere date was pushed to 2024. His latest film Queer (2024) is based on a 1985 novella, and Guadagnino has shared this is a project he has wanted to make for over thirty years.

MAJOR SUPPORT
Ohio Arts Council
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Campus Partners
National Endowment for the Arts

WITH HELP FROM
G&J Pepsi
WOSU Public Media