Rethinking Camus' classic existentialist text through a modern political lens, François Ozon's The Stranger is equal parts intriguing and aesthetically beautiful.
In French Algeria, Meursault drifts through life and love with mysterious detachment. When he stands accused of murder, indifference is his only alibi in François Ozon's fresh take on Albert Camus' classic novel. [122 min; crime, drama; French, Arabic, and Latin with English subtitles]
"Franҫois Ozon, with abiding respect for the high-wattage brilliance of his countryman’s spartan masterpiece about an apathetic killer, has given us a movie adaptation that does daylight-noir justice to its alluring mysteries, while threading in some freshly necessary political context." — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’s novel is haunting, transportive, and tragically humanist." — Eli Friedberg, Slant
"The Stranger is visually stunning, well-acted, and rich with the heady atmosphere one gleans from the pages." — Lee Jutton, Film Inquiry
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