Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Pierre Deladonchamps | ... | Franck | |
Christophe Paou | ... | Michel | |
Patrick d'Assumçao | ... | Henri (as Patrick D'Assumçao) | |
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Jérôme Chappatte | ... | Inspecteur Damroder |
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Mathieu Vervisch | ... | Eric |
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Gilbert Traina | ... | L'homme du mardi soir (as Gilbert Traïna) |
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Emmanuel Daumas | ... | Philippe |
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Sébastien Badachaoui | ... | Le mari d'Eric |
Gilles Guérin | ... | L'homme à femmes | |
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François-Renaud Labarthe | ... | Pascal Ramière (as François Labarthe) |
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Claude Bellelle | ... | Un naturiste |
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Slawomir Cieminski | ... | Un naturiste |
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Jean-Marie Crémier | ... | Un naturiste |
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Bernard Delavaux | ... | Un naturiste |
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Bernard German | ... | Un naturiste |
Franck, a fit gay man, seeks love at a lakeside gay cruising beach. Among the mostly pudgy nude sunbathers, he befriends Henri, a depressed middle-aged bi-sexual who enjoys the quiet but accepts Franck's company. When Michel appears, Franck finally spots a man he'd like to know sexually. Unfortunately, he also spots him drowning his gay lover but opts not to tell anyone in order to consider having a relationship with this handsome yet remorseless killer. Written by statmanjeff
I finally saw 'Stranger by the Lake', streaming it on Netflix. The movie takes a detached look at a gay cruising area situated by an idyllic lake area in France. The film has plenty of nudity and graphic sex and some viewers denigrate the film as porn, I know porn and this is certainly not that. In fact, I found the direct and unapologetic look at the main character's desire and sexuality to be refreshing. I did have two problems with the film. First, the lack of suspense given the circumstances of the film. Second, the one dimensional characters; the hot stud who can't commit, the young twink that confuses sex and desire for love, and the older pathetic man. However, I enjoyed that the film on another level is about risk and inadvertently becomes a moral story showing the viewer that when you are unable to subsume your desire and do the right thing tragedy results.