At a summertime lake, a special space for men, Franck allows himself to be swept away by the lethal but magnetic Michel while sharing a friendship with Henri. One night, a man is murdered and Franck, the only witness, ultimately heads toward the uneasy intersection of love and death. Like Alain Guiraudie’s previous films, this film takes on the subject of homosexuality, but this time a lake becomes the location for summertime erotic exploration and a Hitchcockian thriller about runaway infatuation. The film also features some uncensored love scenes that might be uncomfortable or even shocking. It is interesting that the naked bodies move as part of the nature along with the lake, sun, wind and forest, gradually becoming familiar at some point. Thanks to the variations of repetition and differences that occur within the lake, the main location, the characters and the entire film do not lose their unique rhythms. Winning the Best Director Award at Un Certain Regard, Guiraudie has upgraded to a higher level in terms of challenge to formality and the degree of completion. (RHEE Soue-won)