Overview
- The film begins its German theatrical run on January 1 after a Venice premiere and an October 2025 release in France.
- Reviewers describe a text-faithful approach that preserves large portions of Camus’ language with a controlled, minimalist tempo.
- Presented in black and white and set in late‑1930s Algiers, the production was filmed on location in Tangier, Morocco.
- Ozon incorporates archival material and names the previously anonymous victim, Moussa Hamdani, to acknowledge the colonial context.
- Early notices largely praise Voisin’s subdued Meursault and the rigorous visuals, note some qualms about pacing and eroticized moments, and compare the film to Visconti’s 1967 version as it arrives alongside Bon Voyage and Holy Meat in the New Year slate.