At times, the film almost becomes a medieval fable about the danger of encountering carnal perfection thats borderline inhuman. Jan 23, 2014 directed by alain guiraudie produced by sylvie pialat released by strand releasing french with english subtitles france. Death and desire in stranger by the lake the new york times. Stranger by the lake 2014, directed by alain guiraudie film. Frank pierre deladonchamps spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural france. A bold and painterly meditation on longing, lust, intimacy, and fear, stranger by the lake exhibits a confident stylistic fortitude that lingers long after its secrets are laid bare. Stranger by the lake 20 most memorable movie moments. Stranger by the lake hearkens back to an era of daring cinema too rarely seen today. Feb 21, 2014 what to say about stranger by the lake. What to say about stranger by the lake movies empire. These seem to be the questions at the center of stranger by the lake, a quiet film that casts an unsettling spell. Montt plays a drifter who enters a small town, seeking information about his estranged wife.
Stranger by the lake trailer new release 2014 youtube. Some folk seek no strings attached acts of sexual pleasure in the wooded foliage surrounding the glistening shores. A cruising spot for gay men seeking nameless sexual encounters is tucked away on the shores of a picturesque secluded lake in rural france. Franck falls in love with michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Early on in alain guiraudies stranger by the lake, we see two men nearly collide as one knifes through the waves towards the other. Film directors walk viewers through one scene of their movies, showing the magic, motives and the mistakes from behind. Stranger by the lake cruises around its taut water body with audacious yet empty eroticism. Darryl griffiths the mere craving for a remote sense of a feeling that is considered universal, yet set against a backdrop where its lusting visitors believe in the notion of anonymity. Stranger by the lake official us trailer hd youtube. Stranger by the lake is a gay artcinema suspense story, set over 10 days on the sunkissed, pineforested banks of a lake a cruising ground where men can work on their tans in. Jan 24, 2014 a stretch of beach and its adjoining woods, which serve as a gay cruising spot, become a crime scene in stranger by the lake, by the french filmmaker alain guiraudie. Stranger by the lake movie info page 1 broadwayworld. Franck has witnessed this first hand, but his desire for michel knows no bounds, this is a relationship he must have.
See the full list of stranger by the lake cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. It opens friday at the film society of lincoln center and the ifc center. He meets michael, an attractive and interesting man. The film leans a bit heavily on long takes, but theres a purpose to guiraudies rigorous perspective. Linconnu du lac is a 20 french drama thriller film written and directed by alain guiraudie. Stranger by the lake is a french thriller film with elements of drama throughout. Stranger by the lake 2014 rotten tomatoes frank pierre deladonchamps spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural. Stranger by the lake is an erotic thriller that tests the lengths and limits of sexual desire. Stranger by the lake comes from strand releasing as a single 50gb bluray disc in the standard keepcase.
Feb 22, 2014 stranger by the lake is a gay artcinema suspense story, set over 10 days on the sunkissed, pineforested banks of a lake a cruising ground where men can work on their tans in between torrid. Rent stranger by the lake 2014 on dvd and bluray netflix. Linconnu du lac is a 20 french dramathriller film written and directed by alain guiraudie. Mar 11, 2016 homecoming vengeance et seduction film dhorreur en francais 2018 mischa barton, matt long. Stranger by the lake offers rewarding viewing for adult filmgoers in search of. Home stranger by the lake 2014 stranger by the lake 2014. Mar 06, 2014 the french film stranger by the lake is an erotic thriller heavy emphasis on the erotic that makes that 1992 mystery look like nancy drew.
Stranger by the lake nude scenes 35 images and 18 videos including appearances from pierre deladonchamps christophe paou sebastien badachaoui. Popular videos stranger by the lake stranger by the lake topic. Stranger by the lake is an ingenious french thriller set entirely on a rocky stretch of beach and its adjoining woods, where gay men come to sunbathe and cruise. At a gay cruising spot somewhere in france, the main character.
With pierre deladonchamps, christophe paou, patrick dassumcao, jerome chappatte. Being a french european film, there is copious amounts of fullfrontal male nudity, but its handled within the context of the story. The look they exchange is one that foreshadows a powerful bond, the frustration of which will eventually tease out the narrative to a nearly unbearable level of tension. Jan 24, 2014 at the same time, stranger by the lake is an indictment of mainstream gay culture and its fixation on perfect, chiseled bodies the community immediately marginalizes anyone not stereotypically attractive. The film also won the queer palm award, and was mentioned on multiple top ten lists of the best films of 2014. Both a supreme erotic thriller and a meditation on the nature of desire itself. Stranger by the lake english subtitled one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, stranger by the lake has been described as a modernday hitchcockian masterpiece. Stranger by the lake a film by alain guiraudie world premiere date. Watch stranger by the lake online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Alain guiraudies linconnu du lac, or stranger by the lake, is a stunning, confrontationally explicit psychological drama set at a french. Stranger by the lake 2014 full movie hd quality video. Stranger by the lake linconnu du lac, a 20 cesar awardwinning french thriller that debuted in the u.
When a death occurs, frank and michel become the primary suspects but they choose to ignore the dangers and instead continue. And the movie, which might have been provocatively terrifying, settles for being memorably strange. Pierre deladonchamps, christophe paou, jerome chappatte certificate. The stranger is a 2014 chilean horrorthriller film directed by guillermo amoedo and starring cristobal tapia montt, ariel levy, lorenza izzo and nicolas duran. One of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, stranger by the lake has been described as a modernday hitchcockian.
Thats key to how it works, but it also means that we have a hell of a lot of identical slices, and along with the film s steadfast commitment to the idea that we are all isolated and unknowable stranger by the lake describes every single character at every single moment of the 97minute film it leaves the film feeling more than a bit. Stranger by the lake is not exactly a thriller, but contains many of the elements of one. In the blazing heat of summer days, an idyllic destination turns into a popular cruising location for gay men. Beautifully crafted, sinister, frightening, erotic and thoughtprovoking, alain guiraudie s.
Stranger by the lake 2014 franck falls in love with michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Stranger by the lake is a weird little french dramathriller that won, at cannes, weirder acclaim. It is the third film from sobras international pictures project chilewood. Franck who spends his summer visiting a cruising spot at a picturesque lake finds himself attracted to a handsome stranger known as michel. The film s protagonist, franck pierre deladonchamps, falls head over heels. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. The film centers around franck who is out cruising for men during the summer. Watch stranger by the lake online 2014 movie yidio. Now, stranger by the lake, from french director alain guiraudie, unites this particular nexus of beauty and jeopardy with another, that of the gay subculture suspense thriller a subgenre probably still typified by the 1980. Stranger by the lake trailer hd trailer 2014 official all videos trailer movie trailers.
Rent stranger by the lake 2014 starring pierre deladonchamps and christophe paou on dvd and bluray. Stranger by the lake us trailer from linconnu du lac 20. Stranger by the lake invites you into its alluring and peaceful world, only to. Jan 23, 2014 the french director alain guiraudie has been making films for two decades, but his latest, stranger by the lake, is the only one to receive distribution in the united states. Franck is an attractive young man who falls in love with michel, a striking, extremely potent but lethally dangerous man. Two french films at this years london film festival blue is the warmest colour and stranger by the lake get me hot under the collar in different ways published. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Plein soleil 1960, knife in the water 1962, le mepris 1963, dead calm 1989, the talented mr ripley 1999 all have exploited this awful allure to good effect. Instead, the viewer will be allowed to access the movie directly, or go through the many special features it found on the disc. Stranger by the lake is a meditation on the madness of love, and what it will prompt you to do. When lgbt people leave the safety of the city in films, it usually spells bad news and stranger by the lake and tom at the farm dont buck the trend ben walters thu 20 feb 2014. Feb 19, 2014 alain guiraudies atmospheric thriller is set at a beautiful lakeside spot in southern france, frequented by men sunbathing in the summer heat and seeking out anonymous casual encounters in the nearby woods. The most acclaimed of guiraudies films to date, and the one that most directly concerns gay sexuality, stranger by the lake is set over 10 days at a secluded nature spot where men sunbathe, swim, and enjoy somewhat explicitly depicted sex.