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Stranger by the Lake
Stranger by the Lake

6.3

Stranger by the Lake

NR·2013·100m

Summary

Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Alain Guiraudie

Reviews

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tmdb15214618

May 14, 2018

7

A skillful Hitchcockian thriller weakened by a slack tempo--which does, to approach from another perspective, give one ample opportunity to admire the gorgeous cinematography and sound--and some unnecessarily/distractingly explicit sex. An ending would have been nice.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

Budget:

$1,400,000.00

Revenue:

$1,200,000.00

Keywords

lake
drowning
detective
cruising
investigation
love
murder
loneliness
male homosexuality
skinny dipping
summer
swimming
sexual desire
stranger
lgbt
murder investigation
exhibitionism
casual sex
companionship
sunbathing
gay theme