The Stranger | Apr 15-19

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Apr 15-19

Meursault (Benjamin Voisin) works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. A modest man who keeps to himself, Meursault finds his routine upended by the sudden death of his mother. At her funeral, he faces scrutiny from all corners for his failure to perform his grief. This reputation for otherworldly detachment follows Meursault back to Algiers, where his tentative romance with Marie and his indifference to professional advancement frustrate those around him. As Meursault gets swept up in a cycle of escalating reprisals among his neighbors, tensions come to a head when he murders an Arab man on the beach. François Ozon’s new take on Albert Camus’s classic novel of existentialist ennui is a landmark of adaptation, simultaneously faithful to the text and dedicated to discovering fresh perspectives in the margins. (François Ozon, 2025, France, 2:02, NR)

TALKBACK: Join us after the film on April 15 for  Talkback with Christopher Braider.

Christopher Braider is an Arts & Sciences Professor of Distinction emeritus in French and Comparative Literature at CU. His scholarly work is mainly focused on early modern European literature, philosophy, and art and on aesthetics and the general theory of value. He is also an avid fan of contemporary French cinema.