

Pierrot Lunaire
Invited by the conductor Premil Petrovic to stage Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, a musical theater work from 1912 based on the poems of Albert Giraud, LaBruce transposed a strange and tragic episode of true crime onto the composition. Complementing the original atonal score is a narrative about a trans man who is outed by his girlfriend’s father and forbidden from seeing the young woman again. Crestfallen, the protagonist decides to prove the fact of his manhood by castrating a taxi driver and then revealing his newly transplanted member to the two of them. This story, which for LaBruce “serves as a kind of allegory for all gender radicals and outcasts driven to extremes by the disapproval and hostility of the dominant order,” is rendered in a visual style that nods to the era of Schoenberg’s melodrama. LaBruce cheekily appropriates the formal vocabulary of silent cinema with black-and-white photography, irises, and intertitles like “A cock, a cock, my kingdom for a cock!”
TMDB
5.3/10
9 votes
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- English
- transsexual
- lgbt
Top billed cast
Where to watch
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Release dates
GermanyDE
- Theatrical9 Feb 2014
Frequently asked questions
- When was Pierrot Lunaire released?
- Pierrot Lunaire was released on 9 February 2014.
- Where can I watch Pierrot Lunaire online?
- Pierrot Lunaire is available on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies in AT. Use the Watch now links in the Where to watch section for official pages.
- Is there a Hindi trailer for Pierrot Lunaire?
- No verified Hindi trailer for Pierrot Lunaire is available yet. Only the original-language trailer is listed.
- What is the rating of Pierrot Lunaire?
- Pierrot Lunaire holds a 5.3/10 audience score from 9 votes.
- Who directed Pierrot Lunaire?
- Pierrot Lunaire (2014) was directed by Bruce LaBruce.
- How long is Pierrot Lunaire?
- Pierrot Lunaire runs for 51m.















