The Stranger (15)

François Ozon’s take on Camus’ tale of alienation and mystery, capturing a charged society on the boil.
Opening Fri 10 Apr
Fri 10 Apr

Adapting Albert Camus’ classic existentialist novel, François Ozon delivers an enigmatic portrait of disaffection amid the tensions of 1930s French-colonised Algeria.

Algiers, 1938. An unassuming man in his early thirties, Meursault attends his mother’s funeral, at which he does not cry. The next day, he begins a casual affair with his colleague Marie and slips back into his daily routine. But life is soon disrupted by his neighbour Sintès, who draws Meursault into an altercation over an ex-lover. Then, one blisteringly hot afternoon, an inexplicable, tragic event occurs on a beach; one that will see Meursault’s very moral standing brought into question…

Voisin is terrific as the unnervingly unbothered Meursault in Ozon’s dreamy, detached film. Shot in sculptural black-and-white, The Stranger shines a contemporary lens on Camus’ tale of alienation and mystery, capturing a charged society on the boil. 

The Stranger (15)
Director
François Ozon
Cast
Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin
Duration
122 min
Opening
Fri 10 Apr
Year
2025
Country
France
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Certificate: 15

Original title: L'etranger

Put me on the waiting list

Wish list

Added:

To wishlist