This September, QCCMTL takes us back to the origins of queer cinema with Victim (1961), a pioneering film that broke the silence around homosexuality at a time when it was still criminalized in the United Kingdom.
Led by Dirk Bogarde, in a role both courageous and deeply personal, Victim exposes the grip of blackmail and fear on queer lives of the 1960s, while boldly denouncing the legal and social injustices of its time. It is a taut thriller, but also a humanist plea that paved the way for explicit queer representation on screen.
Sober, powerful, and strikingly modern in its clarity, Victim reminds us that cinema can be a political weapon as much as an intimate mirror. More than sixty years later, it remains a landmark of queer history, a testament to courage and resistance in the face of imposed shame.
Poster creation: Kevin Greenspan
Director : Basil Dearden
Country : United Kingdom
Year : 1961
Distributor : Janus Films
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Queer Cinema Club #17: Victim
Genre
Cinema • Fiction
Duration
1:41
Additional information
Original English version
Queer Cinema Club #17: Victim
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