Stranger by the Lake (2013)

Original title

L'Inconnu du lac

Directed by

Alain Guiraudie

Genre

drama film, thriller film, erotic thriller, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 468 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man spends his summer days at a remote gay cruising spot by a lake. He becomes involved with a handsome stranger, then witnesses the stranger drown someone. He must decide whether to report what he saw or stay silent and continue the affair.

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What happens

Stranger by the Lake (French: L'Inconnu du lac) is a 2013 French erotic thriller drama film written and directed by Alain Guiraudie. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where Guiraudie won the award for Best Director. The film also won the Queer Palm award, and was mentioned on multiple top-ten lists of the best films of 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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