Stranger by the Lake
Director: Alain Guiraudie Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2013 Language: French
Starring: Christophe Paou, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Patrick d'Assumçao, Pierre Deladonchamps
Summertime. Passions run higher than fear in a cruising hotspot where a lonely visitor in search of companionship finds illicit thrills in the arms of a mysterious man whose dark and handsome good looks promise more than great sex. But when men begin to disappear on the beachside locale, the pair choose to continue their sweat-soaked trysts, uninhibited by the danger. In this arresting gay erotic thriller from writer-director Alain Guiraudie, bodies ripple like waves on the water and the tension rises with every thrust. Explicit and controversial, a sexy, queer cinema landmark.