Jun 12, 2013
100 min
Full-HD

Stranger by the Lake (2013)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller

Country

France

Companies

Les films du Worso ARTE France Cinéma Films de Force Majeure M141

Pierre Deladonchamps

Franck

Christophe Paou

Michel

Patrick d'Assumçao

Henri

Jérôme Chappatte

Inspector Damroder

Mathieu Vervisch

Éric

Gilbert Traïna

Tuesday Night Man

Emmanuel Daumas

Philippe

Sébastien Badachaoui

Eric's Boyfriend

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