Overview
- French release arrives this week as the film is also showcased at the American French Film Festival in Los Angeles.
- Benjamin Voisin plays Meursault in Ozon’s new screen version of Albert Camus’s 1942 classic.
- Critics in France describe the film as a successful, refreshing take that renews perspective on the book.
- Ozon structures the narrative as prison flashbacks, translating the novel’s philosophical reflections into images.
- Reviewers highlight the use of archival footage and an austere visual style to contextualize the beach killing within colonial-era Algeria.