An intoxicating, hypnotic film about the search for paradise on earth, love hunger and erotic obsession. "Queer" teleports viewers to a world of untamed desires, shamanic rituals and sensual, wild nature. The protagonists are two Americans: the statuesquely beautiful, young Gene Allerton (Drew Starkey), and the older William Lee (Daniel Craig), struggling with addictions and loneliness. The protagonists, American expats, meet in Mexico in the 1940s and begin a trance journey that will take them all the way to the Ecuadorian jungle. The screen adaptation of William S. Burroughs' cult novel extracts all the visual splendor and sensual beauty from literature, while not avoiding penetrating political commentary. Satire on prudish and hypocritical America intertwines here with the most intense screen romance in recent years.