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Stranger by the Lake
2013
· Movie
· 100 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
62–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 88, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man spending his summer at a gay cruising spot by a lake becomes infatuated with a handsome and mysterious stranger. His attraction grows despite witnessing a disturbing and dangerous event involving the man. This creates a tense atmosphere of desire and fear, as he becomes drawn deeper into a web of obsession where the line between risk and reward vanishes.
Details
- Director
- Alain Guiraudie
- Writer
- Alain Guiraudie
- Released
- 12 June 2013
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $1.2M
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