FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
The Stranger
In 1930s French-colonised Algeria, a reserved young clerk becomes entangled in a chain of events that culminates in a senseless act of violence — and a trial that questions not just what he did, but who he is.
Director
François Ozon (Swimming Pool)
CAST
Benjamin Voisin • Rebecca Marder • Pierre Lottin • Denis Lavant • Swann Arlaud
RATING
VA
RUNTIME
2h 03m
COUNTRY
France
GENRE
Drama
LANGUAGE
French, Arabic (Eng Subs)
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The Stranger
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Sat 20 Jun 5:00pm ncp
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FILM NOTES
A striking, philosophical drama drawn from one of literature’s most enduring works.
François Ozon turns to Albert Camus’ existential classic with a film that feels both faithful and freshly interrogative. The Stranger follows Meursault not as a conventional protagonist, but as a man slightly out of step with the world — observing, reacting, but rarely conforming to expectation. When violence erupts, it is not just the act itself that is scrutinised, but his apparent indifference to it.
Shot in luminous black-and-white, the film captures a society simmering beneath the surface, where heat, tension and moral judgement blur together. Ozon resists easy answers, instead allowing ambiguity to settle in every frame. The result is a work that lingers — less a courtroom drama than a meditation on alienation, responsibility and the uncomfortable distance between emotion and expectation.