A particularly literary horror film without a female lens

Aletha 2022-04-07 09:01:06

The French really don't know how to make horror movies, they are so artistic.
The first hour of the film is devoted to the natural expression of sex on this natural beach: the field is full of nude males with their genitals, either lying down, or walking back and forth. They were all looking around, looking for someone to copulate with. At the beginning, the scene felt like a pure GV film. Although the picture had no soundtrack and no aesthetics, the picture was so natural that it seemed that he had become gay.

I don't understand where is Michle so handsome? A beard on a face, facial features are not delicate. The male protagonist was actually fascinated by him, and said that he felt in love.

The appearance of Fatty Henry is the real highlight of this movie. Sitting silently and observing, neither joining nor excluding their same-sex love. Showed up on time almost every day and left on time. He looks like an outsider, and he understands their various feelings. Finally he talks to Michle and walks into the woods alone, not understanding why? He knew that he might be silenced, but he still walked in alone, does he love Michle too? OH no no no! Where's that scumbag worth loving?

The appearance of the detective and the assassination were too sudden and unexpected. At that moment, it felt like I was officially entering the rhythm of a horror movie.

At the end of Frank's call in the dark, I barely dared to look at the camera, so I turned the volume down to a very low level, covering most of the screen, and barely finished watching it. The screen was so dark that I could only vaguely see Frank's collarbone glowing, and I felt in fear that Michel would come out at any moment and cut his throat from behind. Frank himself was well aware of the possible ending, but his longing for a lover kept him calling. Even after witnessing the murder of his lover three times, he is still unable to resist his infatuation with him. The love between men and women is very great!

I admire the director's expression of the most primitive love for human beings: if you feel like the other party, just go over to touch + confess, if the other party doesn't accept it, touch the genitals and then have oral sex, even if the other party doesn't even touch it. Isn't this how lions reproduce?

If you don't consider the extreme nudity + GV picture, the film's natural handling of light and sound and the direct transition of the relationship between the characters, it is a matter of course to win the grand prize!

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Extended Reading
  • Edison 2022-04-24 07:01:26

    The second best of the year was originally thought to be GV. I didn't expect such a minimalist and cold style, low-key and restrained lens philosophy, fable-like theme, closed environment, and symbolic characters. It's a bit like Polanski's "Water Knife"

  • Braeden 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    The gay world is one of hiding, voyeurism, uncontrolled pleasure, emptiness after pleasure, and repetition of the same mistakes after emptiness.

Stranger by the Lake quotes

  • Franck: [smitten by Michel] I really like him.

    Henri: [warily] He does have a nice body.

    Franck: It's typical. The guys I like are always taken.

  • Michel: Did you come alone today?

    Franck: What do you mean?

    Michel: Without your boyfriend?

    Franck: What boyfriend?

    Michel: The guy you're always with.

    Franck: We're not together.

    Michel: Really? I thought you were.

    Franck: We barely know each other.

    Michel: I'm surprised. You seem happy together.

    Franck: And what'd you do with yours?

    Michel: He's not really my boyfriend, either.

    Franck: He seemed hooked the other day.

    Michel: No. It's just a casual thing. Nothing serious.

    Franck: What if he sees us?

    Michel: He won't.