STRANGER BY THE LAKE directed by Alain Guiraudie (France, 2013)
This absorbing and uncompromising movie is the kind of a psychological thriller Alfred Hitchcock might have made if he’d been gay.
It draws you into a suspenseful world and leaves you guessing about the motivations of the characters and questioning the morality of their actions in the same way as we do with the James Stewart roles in Vertigo and Rear Window.
In saying that, there’s not much in the way of action beyond the carnal variety.
This is a no spoilers review so I will focus on some of the broad themes rather than the twists and turns of the plot. Continue reading
