Stranger.by.the.lake.aka.l.inconnu.du.lac.2013....

The protagonist, Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps), is a young man who visits the spot every day. He is drawn to the lake not just for sex but also for the possibility of a deeper, more meaningful connection. At the lake, he forms two distinct relationships. One is with Henri (Patrick d'Assumçao), an older, seemingly straight man who sits alone on the periphery, nursing a broken heart after a breakup. Their friendship, based on conversation and a shared solitude, provides one of the film's few moments of emotional warmth. The other relationship is with Michel (Christophe Paou), a darkly handsome and enigmatic stranger to whom Franck is immediately and powerfully attracted. Michel is the object of Franck's desire, and their passionate, explicit sexual encounters quickly become the obsessive center of Franck's world.

The peaceful, repetitive rhythm of the lake—sunbathing, swimming, hooking up—is violently shattered one evening when Franck, hidden in the bushes, witnesses Michel drowning another man in the lake. Stranger.by.the.Lake.AKA.L.inconnu.du.Lac.2013....