The two films that made the biggest waves at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival were both gay-themed and had people talking about their explicit sex scenes. Blue Is The Warmest Color ended up winning the Palm d’Or, while Stranger By The Lake (L’Inconnu du lac) took Best Director in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival, as well as the Queer Palm. It certainly elicited a lot of interest, with people praising it as a movie and not just snickering about the full-on sex, even if it has been described as ‘art-porn noir’.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Summer time. A cruising spot for gay men, tucked away on the shores of a secluded lake in rural France. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, extremely potent but lethally dangerous man. Franck has witnessed this first hand, but his desire for Michel knows no bounds, this is a relationship he must have – at any cost.’
The film, which should be well worth a look, will arrive in UK cinemas on February 21st 2014.
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