Stranger by the Lake

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.

Cast

Pierre Deladonchamps

Pierre Deladonchamps

as Franck

Christophe Paou

Christophe Paou

as Michel

Patrick d'Assumçao

Patrick d'Assumçao

as Henri

Jérôme Chappatte

Jérôme Chappatte

as Inspector Damroder

Mathieu Vervisch

Mathieu Vervisch

as Éric

Gilbert Traïna

Gilbert Traïna

as Tuesday Night Man

Emmanuel Daumas

Emmanuel Daumas

as Philippe

Sébastien Badachaoui

Sébastien Badachaoui

as Eric's Boyfriend

Gilles Guérin

Gilles Guérin

as Ladies' Man

François-Renaud Labarthe

François-Renaud Labarthe

as Pascal Ramière

Reviews

tmdb15214618

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....

CinemaSerf

A rather well shot, but pedestrian affair about good-looking young man "Franck" who frequents a gay cruising area on a lake shore and falls for a stranger. Around the same time, an ex-lover of the stranger is found drowned. What makes this film interesting is that both we, and him, know what happene...

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