The seedy underbelly of 1970s Rio de Janeiro: drugs and strippers, singers and drag queens, fast cars and fast sex, shaved legs and slit throats, crime and punishment. But most importantly: guns and glitter. Do some of these points feel a little out of place for a standard crime thriller? Maybe, but this is a thriller of a different colour, figuratively and literally. The Devil Queen has received a recent 4K Restoration courtesy of Kino Lorber, and is set for a limited release across the USA. This strange queer cult film, writer and directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, shows a side of the Brazilian city in 1974 that defies easy definition. The story of a gay drug kingpin whose lust for violence and for attractive...
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