Seblon is aware that Querelle murdered Vic, but chooses to protect him. In parallel there is a plot line concerning Querelle's superior, Lieutenant Seblon, who is in love with Querelle, and constantly tries to prove his manliness to him. Querelle had cleverly arranged it so that his murder of Vic is also blamed on Gil. Gil returns his affections, but Querelle betrays Gil by tipping off the police. Querelle falls in love with Gil, who closely resembles his brother. Gil hides from the police in an abandoned prison, and Roger, who is in love with Gil, establishes contact between Querelle and Gil in the hopes that Querelle can help Gil flee. Gil is also considered to be the murderer of Vic. Luckily for Querelle, a construction worker called Gil murders his coworker Theo, who had been harassing and sexually assaulting him. Later, Querelle becomes Lysiane's lover, and also has sex with Mario. When Nono gloats about Querelle's 'loss' to Robert, who won his dice game, the brothers end up in a violent fight. Querelle deliberately loses the game, allowing himself to be sodomized by Nono. 'That way, I can say my wife only sleeps with assholes,' Nono says. If the suitor loses, however, he must submit to anal sex with Nono first.

If Nono loses, the suitor is allowed to proceed with his affair. He knows that this means he will have to throw dice with Nono, who, as Lysiane's husband, has the privilege of playing a game of chance with all of her prospective lovers. After delivering the drugs, Querelle announces that he wants to sleep with Lysiane. Querelle makes a deal to sell opium to Nono, and murders his accomplice Vic. Lysiane's husband Nono tends bar and manages La Feria's underhanded affairs with the assistance of his friend, the corrupt police captain Mario. Querelle has a love/hate relationship with his brother when they meet at La Feria, they embrace, but also punch one another slowly and repeatedly in the belly. When his ship, the Vengeur, arrives in Brest, he visits the Feria, a bar and brothel for sailors run by the madame Lysiane, whose lover Robert is Querelle's brother. The plot centers on the handsome Belgian sailor Georges Querelle, who is also a thief and murderer.

Querelle of Brest by Jean Genet