Original Title: L’Etranger
From celebrated director François Ozon comes a haunting, visually arresting reimagining of Albert Camus’ foundational existentialist masterpiece. Shot in sensuous, high-contrast black-and-white, this is the definitive version of The Stranger for a new generation.
In the sweltering heat of 1930s colonial Algiers, Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) leads a life of quiet indifference. When a chance encounter on a sun-drenched beach leads to a shocking act of violence, Meursault is thrust into a trial where it is not his crime, but his honesty that puts his soul on the line.
France | 2025 | 2h 2m
Directed by François Ozon
Starring Benjamin Voisin
In French with English subtitles
Not rated. Please note that there is a moderate amount of nudity.
“The French film is spare, elegant and perfectly cast, making for an incomparable literary adaptation that leaves nothing lost in translation.”
– AARP Movies for Grownups
“The Stranger, it turns out, is a story for our times, which makes this lovely new version doubly welcome.”
– New York Magazine
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