
Tom at the Farm(2014)
A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother.


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.

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
Gilles Guérin
Ladies' Man

François-Renaud Labarthe
Pascal Ramière
Stranger by the Lake is a drama, thriller film released in 2013 exploring themes of lake, drowning, detective, cruising, investigation, love. Directed by Alain Guiraudie, it stars Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao. 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.
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