Guadagnino, convinced Craig was right for the role, approached the actor with the script. In Craig, Guadagnino saw someone, he says, who was “open to play.” Within days, Craig, long an admirer of Guadagnino’s films, was in.

Queer will only available to watch in a movie theater, when it opens in the U.S. in select theaters on Wednesday, November 27, before having a wide release on December 13. You can find a showing near you via Fandango . Queer is not yet available to watch online or on streaming.

One of the first real signs that “Queer” is going to be an unconventional movie is when Daniel Craig in a linen suit saunters through Mexico City during the early ’50s and the soundtrack blasts a song by Nirvana.