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Stranger By the Lake
director: Alain Guiraudie
97 minutes I FRANCE
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.
About
Production: Les films du Worso, ARTE France Cinéma, M141, Films de Force Majeure
International sales and French distribution: Les Films du Losange
Release: 2013
Support
CNC (Avance sur recettes), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Cinémage, Soficinéma
Team
Writer & Director Alain Guiraudie
Director of photography Claire Mathon
Sound engeneer Philippe Grivel
Artistic director Roy Genty
Producers Sylvie Pialat, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
TEchnical sheet
Fiction
Format 16/9
Sound 5.1, stéréo
Length 97 minutes
Language French with english subtitles
Release 2013
Colour
FESTIVALS
César – 8 nominations and 1 prize César du Meilleur Espoir Masculin (France)
Sundance Festival (United States)
Film Festival of Istanbul (Turkey)
International du Film Festival of Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Français in Paris (France)
Viennale (Austria)
International Film Festival of Stockholm (Sweden)
Festival du Film Français d’Helvétie (Suisse)
International Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) (South Corea)
International Film Festival of Molodist de Kiev (Ukraine)
AFI FEST (United States)
Festival de Cannes – Best Director, Queer Palm and in Official Selection Un Certain Regard (France)
New York Film Festival (United States)
The Festival du nouveau cinéma (Canada)
International Film Festival of Toronto (Canada)
BFI Festival (England)
Sarajevo Festival (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Seville European Cinema Festival – Best photography prize (Claire Mathon) and Giraldillo de Oro prize for the best film (Spain)