DramaThriller

Stranger by the Lake

- He's closer than you think.

At a cruising spot near a lake, Franck falls in love with Michael, a handsome and lethally dangerous man. Even though Franck is aware of this, he chooses to follow his passion.

Release Date : 2013-06-12

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les films du WorsoARTE France CinémaFilms de Force MajeureM141

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Franck

Original Name : Pierre Deladonchamps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michel

Original Name : Christophe Paou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henri

Original Name : Patrick d'Assumçao

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Damroder

Original Name : Jérôme Chappatte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Éric

Original Name : Mathieu Vervisch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tuesday Night Man

Original Name : Gilbert Traïna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philippe

Original Name : Emmanuel Daumas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eric's Boyfriend

Original Name : Sébastien Badachaoui

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ladies' Man

Original Name : Gilles Guérin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pascal Ramière

Original Name : François-Renaud Labarthe

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Claude Bellelle

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Slawomir Cieminski

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Jean-Marie Crémier

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Bernard Delavaux

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Bernard German

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Jean-Michel Giordano

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Lucien Lerda

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Patrick Marconi

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Serge Morgadinho

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Éric Piccolotto

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Corentin Plas

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Renaud Rifflart

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Naturist

Original Name : Thomas Salles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stand-In

Original Name : Nicolas Guimbard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stand-In

Original Name : Joël Landaraud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Philippe's Friend (uncredited)

Original Name : Alain Guiraudie

Gender : Male

Reviews

tmdb15214618

@tmdb15214618

2021-06-23

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

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-21

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 happened and yet he decidedly refuses to co-operate with the police and puts himself and others at considerable risk. Is it infatuation or indifference or both? This is an oddly arid piece of cinema. At best it shows this cruising community as indifferent to the crime; and worst to a callousness that is quite shudderingly numb and unbelievably inhuman.