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Stranger by the Lake

Original title: L'inconnu du lac
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
15K
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Christophe Paou and Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
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Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to l... Read allSummertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.

  • Director
    • Alain Guiraudie
  • Writer
    • Alain Guiraudie
  • Stars
    • Pierre Deladonchamps
    • Christophe Paou
    • Patrick d'Assumçao
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alain Guiraudie
    • Writer
      • Alain Guiraudie
    • Stars
      • Pierre Deladonchamps
      • Christophe Paou
      • Patrick d'Assumçao
    • 79User reviews
    • 195Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 41 nominations

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    Pierre Deladonchamps and Gilbert Traïna in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Christophe Paou and Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Christophe Paou and Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Christophe Paou and Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Patrick d'Assumçao and Pierre Deladonchamps in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Jérôme Chappatte, Alain Guiraudie, François-Renaud Labarthe, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Mathieu Vervisch, Pierre Deladonchamps, Gilles Guérin, Gilbert Traïna, Bernard German, Eric Piccolotto, Thomas Salles, Claude Bellelle, Jean-Michel Giordano, Corentin Plas, Jean-Marie Crémier, Emmanuel Daumas, Patrick Marconi, Renaud Rifflart, Slawomir Cieminski, Serge Morgadinho, Sébastien Badachaoui, Bernard Delavaux, and Lucien Lerda in Stranger by the Lake (2013)
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    Christophe Paou at an event for Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Alain Guiraudie, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, and Pierre Deladonchamps at an event for Stranger by the Lake (2013)
    Pierre Deladonchamps at an event for Stranger by the Lake (2013)

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    Pierre Deladonchamps
    Pierre Deladonchamps
    • Franck
    Christophe Paou
    Christophe Paou
    • Michel
    Patrick d'Assumçao
    Patrick d'Assumçao
    • Henri
    • (as Patrick D'Assumçao)
    Jérôme Chappatte
    • Inspecteur Damroder
    Mathieu Vervisch
    • Eric
    Gilbert Traïna
    • L'homme du mardi soir
    Emmanuel Daumas
    • Philippe
    Sébastien Badachaoui
    • Le mari d'Eric
    Gilles Guérin
    Gilles Guérin
    • L'homme à femmes
    François-Renaud Labarthe
    • Pascal Ramière
    • (as François Labarthe)
    Claude Bellelle
    • Un naturiste
    Slawomir Cieminski
    • Un naturiste
    Jean-Marie Crémier
    • Un naturiste
    Bernard Delavaux
    • Un naturiste
    Bernard German
    • Un naturiste
    Jean-Michel Giordano
    • Un naturiste
    Lucien Lerda
    • Un naturiste
    Patrick Marconi
    • Un naturiste
    • Director
      • Alain Guiraudie
    • Writer
      • Alain Guiraudie
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      All the sound in the film - the wind, the trees and the water - was naturally recorded on location.
    • Quotes

      Henri: Will you drown him, too, when you're fed up?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2013 (2013)

    User reviews79

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    An thrilling eye opener
    This film tells what goes on among the men cruising by a beautiful lake in the summer, somewhere in France.

    "Stranger by the Lake" is a single location film, with all scenes happening in or by the lake. The story focuses on a handsome young man who gets attracted to a dangerous man, putting his life at risk. Then, relationships between them, and a solitary man who sits by the lake gets complicated. Though the pacing is pretty slow in the beginning, the paces accelerates at lightning speed towards the end, delivering much thrills that makes people hold their breath. The ending is left open, but scenes just before the film ends are shocking and almost aggravating, evoking much gasps of horror and shouts of exasperation in the cinema.

    Together with the highly explicit scenes, "Stranger by the Lake" is quite an thrilling eye opener that tells the truth in a cruising ground, and how love is completely blind.
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    10
    • Gordon-11
    • Oct 5, 2013

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 2013 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Les Films du Losange
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Göldeki Yabancı
    • Filming locations
      • Lake of Sainte-Croix, Verdon Gorge, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Worso
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • M141 Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $325,196
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,599
      • Jan 26, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,156,137
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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