François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ Debuts in France, Screens at Los Angeles Festival

Overview

• The new adaptation of Albert Camus’s novel is being shown to U.S. audiences at the American French Film Festival (TAFF) in Los Angeles.
• Benjamin Voisin stars as Meursault in Ozon’s black‑and‑white feature.
• Critics highlight archival imagery that roots the narrative in colonial history and reframes the central crime as racially charged.
• The film follows the book’s prison‑flashback structure, with the concluding philosophical passage translated into images.
• Le Canard enchaîné calls the film a very successful refresh following Visconti’s 1967 screen version.