Overview

• Ozon presented his black-and-white adaptation of Albert Camus’ novel in competition at the Venice Film Festival and discussed his approach at a press conference.
• He said a pivotal line about the victim’s identity shaped his decision to contextualize the narrative within French colonization of Algeria.
• The adaptation restores visibility to the unnamed Arab victim and amplifies female perspectives, including a new character created to address historical erasure.
• The movie was shot in color and converted to black and white for aesthetic reasons and production practicality tied to re-creating 1930s Algiers.
• Benjamin Voisin stars as Meursault, and Gaumont backed the project after early financing resistance and plans a France release on October 29, 2025.