Stranger by the Lake
Franck 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.
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Cast
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Pierre Deladonchamps
Franck
Known for
Eiffel
Sorry Angel
Christophe Paou
Michel
Known for
Bloody Oranges
Le Chef
Patrick d'Assumçao
Henri
Known for
I Lost My Body
Twice Upon a Time
Jérôme Chappatte
Inspector Damroder
Known for
Benedetta
The Bet
Mathieu Vervisch
Éric
Also in
Cortex
Poison d'avril
Gilbert Traïna
Tuesday Night Man
Known for
Stillwater
Emmanuel Daumas
Philippe
Also in
Unsubmissives
Le Menteur : La Pièce !
Sébastien Badachaoui
Eric's Boyfriend
No other roles listed
Gilles Guérin
Ladies' Man
No other roles listed
François-Renaud Labarthe
Pascal Ramière
Known for
Boarding Gate
Claude Bellelle
The Naturist
No other roles listed
Slawomir Cieminski
The Naturist
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Alain Guiraudie Director · Claire Mathon Cinematographer Jean-Christophe Hym Editor
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $1.4M · United States release January 24, 2014
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Worldwide gross
$1,200,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Les films du Worso
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Films de Force Majeure
Production
M141
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Inconnu du lac
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 17, 2013
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · June 12, 2013
Theatrical
United States · January 24, 2014
Limited theatrical
United States · May 13, 2014
Digital
United States
September 30, 2013 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 11, 2013 · Premiere · Hawaii Film Festival
October 18, 2013 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
November 10, 2013 · Premiere · AFI Fest
January 17, 2014 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
February 3, 2014 · Premiere · Harvard Film Archive
April 30, 2014 · Premiere · QFest St. Louis
May 13, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
Argentina
March 20, 2014 · Theatrical
Australia
August 6, 2013 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 12, 2013 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 20, 2013 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 26, 2013 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
December 13, 2013 · Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 2013 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 15, 2013 · Premiere · Atlantic Film Festival
October 1, 2013 · Premiere · Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Chile
October 12, 2013 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia
Czechia
November 8, 2014 · Premiere · Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
Denmark
April 11, 2014 · Premiere · CPH PIX
May 15, 2014 · Premiere · Copenhagen
Egypt
June 29, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Germany
September 19, 2013 · Theatrical
Greece
November 8, 2013 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hungary
March 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 21, 2014 · Digital
Israel
November 28, 2013 · Limited theatrical
Italy
September 26, 2013 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 11, 2014 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 6, 2014 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 4, 2013 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
November 22, 2013 · Theatrical
Philippines
June 12, 2013 · Theatrical
Poland
July 22, 2013 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
September 10, 2013 · Premiere · Gdynia Polish Film Festival
February 28, 2014 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 11, 2013 · Premiere · Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
November 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Serbia
November 11, 2013 · Premiere · Free Zone Festival, Belgrade
South Korea
October 5, 2013 · Premiere · Busan Film Festival
Spain
November 14, 2013 · Premiere · Seville European Film Festival
March 26, 2014 · Premiere · Barcelona
April 4, 2014 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
November 9, 2013 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
February 14, 2014 · Theatrical
May 7, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
September 21, 2013 · Premiere · Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie de Bienne
September 21, 2013 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 8, 2013 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
November 29, 2013 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 18, 2013 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 21, 2014 · Theatrical
Uruguay
April 12, 2014 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
May 29, 2014 · Theatrical
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