BENJAMIN VOISIN IN THE STRANGER

Albert Camus' writing is foundational to existentialism because it popularized the Absurd—the conflict between humanity's desire for meaning and the universe's indifference. Equally important from the cinematic point of view - and we are here to talk about a new French film adaptation of his most famous work, L'Étranger - Camus was born on the coast of Algeria of pieds noirs, French colonial, parents, an outsider on a stretch of bare, sun-bleached land. That land is the setting of his stark volume and of Ozon's luminous black and white film.



The Stranger/L'Étranger, 122 mins., premiered Sept. 2, 2025 at Venice, showing at Busan, San Sebastián, Rio, Lyon, BFI London, Vienna, AFI Stockholm, Ljubljana , Zagreb, Rotterdam, and other international festivals, opening theatrically in France Oct. 29, 2025, and in the US (limibed) Apr. 3, 2026. Metacritic: 82%, Letterboxd 70, AlloCiné press 3.6=72, public 3.7=74.

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