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Queer Cinema Club IV: Stranger By The Lake

  • Paradise Theatre 1006c Bloor Street West Toronto, ON, M6H 1M2 Canada (map)

This month's edition is the perfect mid-summer mix of sex, swimming and murder: Alain Guiraudie's 2013 masterpiece Stranger By The Lake. Set at a cruising beach for men not unlike our very own Hanlan's Point, the film follows Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps) as he falls for Michel (Christophe Paou), a wildy attractive man who may or may not also be a murderer. Franck is well aware of this possibility, but pursues an affair with him anyway.

A darkly funny thrill ride featuring explicit, unsimulated sex (who could ask for more?), Stranger By The Lake offers the ultimate cinematic escape from the summer heat... just be careful who you flirt with in the lobby after.

The event's gorgeous watercolour poster - which will be available for sale at the screening - was created by multidisciplinary artist Dylan Glynn. Glynn's short film Thot or Not, which just won the award for best short film at the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, will screen before Stranger By The Lake. Get your tickets here.