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This film features music composed by Fatima Al Qadiri.
Albert Camus's The Stranger is widely regarded as the famed philosopher's masterpiece. To obtain the rights, François Ozon went to see Catherine Camus, Albert's daughter and custodian of his work. Lucky for us all, he succeeded where many other famous directors had failed.
In 1930s Algeria, apathetic Frenchman Meursault shows total indifference to life. His emotional detachment leads to a murder, followed by a trial that scrutinizes both the crime and his character.
Reviews
"Wisely, Ozon only rarely goes beyond the text; instead he invests signifiant creative energy into mimicking the affectless but oddly seductive tone of the novel in purely cinematic terms." — Variety
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