Stranger by the lake

A film by Alain Guiraudie

Stranger by the lake

A film by Alain Guiraudie

With

Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick D’Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina, Emmanuel Daumas, Sébastien Badachaoui, Gilles Guérin, François Labarthe

Releases 12/06/2013 Sélection Officielle “Un certain regard” – Festival de Cannes 2013 French Distribution

les Films du Losange

International Sales

les Films du Losange

Synopsis

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.

Genre

Drama

Awards & Festivals

PRIX DE LA MISE EN SCENE, Un certain Regard – Festival de Cannes , 2013

QUEER PALM, Festival de Cannes, 2013

FIPRESCI Award, 13th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival- Wroclaw – Poland – July, 2013

Special Mention – International Competition, Festival Nouveau Cinéma (Montréal), 2013

Gold Giraldillo for Best Film – Official Section, Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo, 2013

Best Photography Prize for Claire Mathon, Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo, 2013

Best International Film Award, 32nd International Uruguayan Film Festival, 2014

Press & Media

Un formidable moment de cinéma naturaliste. — Télérama

STRANGER BY THE LAKE number 1 of the 2013 Charts — Les Cahiers du Cinéma

L’inconnu du lac a quelque chose de merveilleux, un amalgame parfait entre le thriller psychologique hitchcockien et l’homo-érotisme explicite. — TheArtsDesk.com