Stranger by the Lake

Jun 12, 2013

1h 40m

★ 6.3

Overview

Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Les films du Worso

ARTE France Cinéma

Films de Force Majeure

M141

Stranger by the Lake Trailers

Cast

Franck

Pierre Deladonchamps

Michel

Christophe Paou

Henri

Patrick d'Assumçao

Inspector Damroder

Jérôme Chappatte

Éric

Mathieu Vervisch

Tuesday Night Man

Gilbert Traïna

Philippe

Emmanuel Daumas

Eric's Boyfriend

Sébastien Badachaoui

Ladies' Man

Gilles Guérin

Pascal Ramière

François-Renaud Labarthe

The Naturist

Claude Bellelle

The Naturist

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