Stranger by the lake and foreign films you should watch. Extras alternative ending 3 deleted scenes short films by alain guiraudie les heros. Franck falls in love with michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. At times, the film almost becomes a medieval fable about the danger of encountering carnal perfection thats borderline inhuman. Stranger by the lake is an erotic thriller that tests the lengths and limits of sexual desire. Death and desire in stranger by the lake the new york times. French filmmaker alain guiraudie talks about his miff 20 film stranger by the lake. 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. 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. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The films protagonist, franck pierre deladonchamps, falls head over heels. Franck pierre deladonchamps is in love with michel christophe paou who is sleeping with most of the men at the beach. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake.
Already infamous after its cannes premiere for its graphic and blatantly nonchalant depictions of gay sex, guiraudie may be. Guiraudie has named georges bataille as an important influence. Stranger by the lake written and directed by alain. Silence equals death in stranger by the lake the new yorker. Stranger by the lake linconnu du lac 20 alain guiraudies stranger by the lake is a gripping psychological thriller infused with a generous helping of homoeroticism. Some loved the moody and highly explicit film about some mysterious shenanigans at a lakeside gay mens cruising beach that features murder and full. Stranger by the lake is a weird little french dramathriller that won, at cannes, weirder acclaim. The attraction is instant, but michel is dangerous. Our lead is buff franck pierre deladonchamps, who struts with confidence around the lake that is the films only location. 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. Instead, the viewer will be allowed to access the movie directly, or go through the many special features it found on the disc. Apr 10, 2018 the 100 best french films of all time. See the full list of stranger by the lake cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Linconnu du lac is a 20 french film written and directed by alain guiraudie, focusing on a group of gay men who meet at a cruising nudist beach next to a lake somewhere in france.
Watch stranger by the lake online 2014 movie yidio. Film society of lincoln center screens a survey of the french filmmaker alain guiraudies work. What to say about stranger by the lake movies empire. Stranger by the lake linconnu du lac alain guiraudie film runs friday, january 24, 2014 thursday, february, 2014. Feb 20, 2014 alain guiraudies linconnu du lac, or stranger by the lake, is a stunning, confrontationally explicit psychological drama set at a french lakeside cruising spot for gay men. Franck becomes fast friends with lonely, obese henri patrick. Franck falls in love with michel, a handsome, powerful and deeply dangerous man. He meets michael, an attractive and interesting man. It covers ten consecutive days over the course of one summer. One of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, stranger by the lake has been described as a modernday hitchcockian masterpiece. But the labor of these mens passionate exertions and the tenderness of their postsex interactions humanizes them. Linconnu du lac iffr iffr international film festival. Jan 24, 2014 in this weeks video, times critics share their thoughts on the wordless film visitors, the french drama stranger by the lake and the chilean film gloria. It was filmed at lake of saintecroix, verdon gorge, france and starred pierre deladonchamps and christophe paou.
And borrowing a tenet of horror movies, its set in an. Stranger by the lake invites you into its alluring and peaceful world, only to. The film centers around franck who is out cruising for men during the summer. Miff festival guest interview with alain guiraudie. Its a wide, chalky basin somewhere in the south of. Directed by alain guiraudie produced by sylvie pialat released by strand releasing french with english subtitles france. Linconnu du lac stranger by the lake 20 franck, a young french man, comes to this lakea cruising ground for menevery summer. Alain guiraudie linked hitchcockian suspense to the steaminess of the gay sm thriller cruising and the sensuality of swimming pool. Stranger by the lake 2014 franck falls in love with michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. The sex scenes are explicit and dont appear to be simulated. From nymphomaniac to stranger by the lake, is sex in. The film stranger by the lake, by veteran french writerdirector alain guiraudie, was nominated for several cesar awards, the french version of the oscars, including best film, best director, best. Stranger abounds with precision and detail, evinced not just in the spectacular visual composition but also in the observation of behavioral codes in carnally charged spaces.
The tranquillity of the films picturesque lakeside setting betrays the true nature of this film. 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 linconnu du lac is an erotic thriller from french writerdirector alain guiraudie. Lake photography french films che guevara actors moustaches men stone actor. Silence equals death in stranger by the lake the new. Stranger by the lake an irresistible french thriller. When a body is discovered in the lake, frank and michel soon become primary suspects of the investigation. Stranger by the lake is a disquieting film that doesnt sit easily. A thoughtful, elegant french thriller that just happens to be giving societys sermonisers a conniption, stranger by the lake transplants hitchcockian.
Jenny coldpussys rating of the film stranger by the lake jenny coldpussy unlike blue is the warmest color, this film s does manage to make the abundant scenes of gay sex feel realistic, nonexploitative and conveying. Linconnu du lac stranger by the lake 20 franck, a young french man, comes to this lake a cruising ground for menevery summer. In stranger by the lake, a suspense thriller from the french director alain guiraudie, we get the measure of the lake itself soon enough. It opens friday at the film society of lincoln center and the ifc center. Guiraudies bold, scintillating new film idiosyncratic filmmaker alain guiraudie is set to take the art house by storm with his bold, unsettling, and provocative new film, stranger by the lake. Jan 16, 2014 alain guiraudies stranger by the lake, which screened at both cannes and tiff last year, is, simply put, the best and most artful gay movie to come about in nearly a decade. A very sexual french film that i think is homophobic the. As it unfolds, this disarmingly innocuous french film grows suspiciously harmless, before its superlatively woven tension boils over into outright thriller territory.
Jan 23, 2014 directed by alain guiraudie produced by sylvie pialat released by strand releasing french with english subtitles france. It is homoerotic in that the allmale cast is mostly naked, lying on a beach, swimming in the lake, or cruising for sex in the woods. Jan 17, 2014 the proximity between sex and death has rarely seemed as intimate as in stranger by the lake, the accomplished new film by frances alain guiraudie. 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.
Linconnu du lac is a 20 french dramathriller film written and directed by alain guiraudie. Miff festival guest interview with alain guiraudie stranger. 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. If stranger by the lake was or is about to be your introduction to french director alain guiraudie, then new yorks film society of lincoln center has a serious treat for you if.
Stranger by the lake is a french thriller film with elements of drama throughout. There are layers of perplexing dialectic in stranger by the lakelust. Stranger by the lake 20 full movie izle film izle hd 2018. Vff 2014 stranger by the lake official trailer french. Stranger by the lake is a tense thriller set against the secluded back drop of what becomes the most dangerous lake in france. A man is drowned by his lover in the lake beside a gay. Stranger by the lake written and directed by alain guiraudie. Shortbus 2006 if youre unfamiliar, allow me to break down what makes. Like the handsome serial killer at its centre, though, something isnt right. 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. Alain guiraudie was born on july 15, 1964 in villefranchederouergue, aveyron, france. Stranger by the lake is truly a cannes film festival gold.
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. For my money, the best lgbt film of the year was stranger by the lake, which was released in cinemas in the spring after a wildly acclaimed run of festivals in 20 alain guiraudie won the best director award at cannes. 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. It is the third film from sobras international pictures project chilewood. Stranger by the lake comes from strand releasing as a single 50gb bluray disc in the standard keepcase. Frances cesar awards nominations announced hollywood reporter. Jan 31, 2014 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. The french film linconnu du lac, stranger by the lake, written and directed by alain guiraudie 2014, is a dark film in the tradition of william friedkins cruising, making the film both homoerotic and homophobic stranger by the lake is homoerotic in that the allmale cast is mostly naked, lying on a beach, swimming in the lake, or cruising for sex in the woods.
Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway. The entire film takes place outdoors in a single locale by the titular lake. A dramathriller directed by alain guiraudie, stranger by the lake tells the story of a summer by the lake in which franck falls in love with the dangerous michel. 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. Stranger by the lake franck deladonchamps frequents a gay cruising spot by a lake, one day meeting handsome michel paou. But the moody french thriller stranger by the lake is an especially chilly brew. It was filmed at lake of saintecroix, verdon gorge, france and starred pierre deladonchamps and. The french film linconnu du lac, stranger by the lake, written and directed by alain guiraudie 2014, is a dark film in the tradition of william friedkin s cruising, making the film both homoerotic and homophobic. At once vague and functional, the title of stranger by the lake in french, linconnu du lac harks back to the golden age of film noir. Scattered around the stony shore is the ubiquitous sight of clothless men, lazing, talking, looking.
In the years since that first lethal wave of aids in the 1980s, the link between sex and death in gaythemed films has become a. Stranger by the lake 2014, directed by alain guiraudie film. Linconnu du lac is a 20 french drama thriller film written and directed by alain guiraudie. Franck who spends his summer visiting a cruising spot at a picturesque lake finds himself attracted to a handsome stranger known as michel. Alain guiraudies stranger by the lake is a masterful work, uncluttered yet lush, formally. French filmmaker alain guiraudie is looking to squash that doublestandard with stranger by the lake, a low keythriller and twotime prizewinning selection from the 20 cannes film. Jan 24, 2014 silence equals death in stranger by the lake. 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. Jul 12, 2017 the oscar international film festival. In alain guiraudie s stranger by the lake, a murder takes place early on, in full view of the audience and a crucial witness, a young man. Nominated for eight cesar awards french oscars and widely acclaimed by film critics, stranger by the lake barely made a ripple upon receiving a predictably limited theatrical release in early 2014. Jan 24, 2014 if stranger by the lake was or is about to be your introduction to french director alain guiraudie, then new yorks film society of lincoln center has a serious treat for you if. Madman films at a remote french getaway, gay men cruise each other for anonymous sex, leading to. Death and desire in stranger by the lake the new york.
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