L'Étranger (2025)
Release Year: 2025
Nation: Belgium, France, Morocco
Alternative Title: The Stranger, Der Fremde, O Estrangeiro, Stranac, Az idegen
Director: François Ozon
Writer: Albert Camus, François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: François Ozon, Audrey Kleinclaus
Executive_Producer: Aude Cathelin
Companies: FOZ, France 2 Cinéma, Gaumont, Macassar Productions, SCOPE Pictures
Genre: Drama
Budget: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: 1930s, algiers, algeria, based on novel or book, philosophical
Story
In Algiers, 1938, Meursault, a thirty-something man, attends his mother's funeral with unusual detachment. Following this event, he enters into a casual relationship with Marie, a coworker. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when, during a beach outing with friends, he gets entangled in a deadly confrontation that sets off a chain of events leading to tragedy.
Summary
'L'Étranger' is a 2025 French-language drama directed by François Ozon and set against the backdrop of colonial Algiers in the 1930s. The film follows Meursault, an indifferent Frenchman whose life is shaken by his mother's death and a fateful encounter on a beach. This adaptation of Albert Camus' classic novel explores themes of alienation, existentialism, and the moral ambiguity of human nature.
