François Ozon Brings Camus’ The Stranger Back to the Big Screen
One of the most influential novels of the 20th century returns to cinemas in a new adaptation by acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon. The Stranger (L’Étranger), based on the seminal 1942 novel by Albert Camus, premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival and marks Ozon’s latest exploration of identity, alienation, and social conventions. Set in 1938 Algiers, the film