The Stranger
A 1938 Algiers office clerk shows no grief at his mother's funeral and drifts through empty days until a scorching beach afternoon upends everything.
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About the film
What it’s about
In Algiers, 1938, Meursault, a quiet employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day he starts a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. Life feels predictable and meaningless until an unbearably hot day at the beach brings an event that changes his life and those around him.
What hooks you
François Ozon directs, co-writes and produces this adaptation of Albert Camus's novel, having personally persuaded the author's daughter to grant the rights. Benjamin Voisin plays Meursault, with Rebecca Marder as Marie. The film won a César for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who appreciate philosophical drama with a slow-burning, detached tone, and those drawn to literary adaptations that explore alienation and the absurd within a period setting.
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 406 votesCreative team
All 11-
01
Benjamin Voisin
Meursault
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02
Rebecca Marder
Marie Cardona
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03
Pierre Lottin
Raymond Sintès
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04
Denis Lavant
Salamano
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05
Swann Arlaud
Prison Chaplain
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06
Mireille Perrier
Catherine Meursault
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07
Christophe Malavoy
Judge · The Judge
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08
Nicolas Vaude
Prosecutor · The Prosecutor
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09
Jean-Charles Clichet
Examining Magistrate
Trivia
- Director, screenwriter and producer François Ozon personally visited Catherine Camus, daughter of Albert Camus (1913-1960, philosopher, journalist, writer, publicist, credited as one of the screenwriters), who inherited the rights to all her father's works, and acquainted her with his vision for the future film. Ozon was very pleased that he was able to convince Camus and obtain permission to film, whereas others, more renowned directors, had not succeeded in this.
- At one point, François Ozon was working on a film project consisting of three novellas. One of them told the story of a man who had become disillusioned with life and set no life goals for himself. He was to be played by Benjamin Voisin. The project fell through, but friends advised Ozon not to abandon it. Shortly afterward, he reread Albert Camus's novel The Stranger (1942) and decided to adapt it for the screen, so the story of the character from the unrealized project, whom Voisin was to play there, came in very handy. In Ozon's film, that actor played Meursault.
Awards and nominations
1 win · 5 nominations
- 1 win Cesar Awards
- Best Supporting Actor Pierre Lottin Cesar Awards · 2026
Also nominated European Film Awards1 Venice Film Festival1
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