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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 82/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 6,719 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
477 audience votes
Key crew
- Alain GuiraudieDirector
- Alain GuiraudieScreenplay
Cast
- Pierre DeladonchampsFranck
- Christophe PaouMichel
- Patrick d'AssumçaoHenri
- Jérôme ChappatteInspector Damroder
- Mathieu VervischÉric
- Gilbert TraïnaTuesday Night Man
- Emmanuel DaumasPhilippe
- Sébastien BadachaouiEric's Boyfriend
- Gilles GuérinLadies' Man
- François-Renaud LabarthePascal Ramière
- Claude BellelleThe Naturist
- Slawomir CieminskiThe Naturist
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Themes
lakedrowningdetectivecruisinginvestigationlovemurderlonelinessmale homosexualityskinny dippingsummerswimming