The Stranger

The Stranger

2025 · 122 min · FR · 6.8 (185 votes)
Dir. François Ozon · Starring Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, Swann Arlaud, Christophe Malavoy · Music Fatima Al Qadiri
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Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine.

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A detached, philosophical drift through a sun-drenched Algiers. It feels like watching someone exist without expectation, a quiet study in apathy and the absurd. The mood is contemplative, almost dreamlike, with a steady, unhurried rhythm.

detachedapatheticmelancholicphilosophicalslow-burnperiod dramaarthousecharacter studyexistentialismindifferencealienationabsurdity
based on novel or bookalgiers, algeriadetachedphilosophical1930sapathetic
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