"Francois Ozon's lustrously beautiful and superbly realised monochrome version of Albert Camus's novella L'Etranger has an almost supernaturally detailed sense of period and place."
"Meursault, remanded there on trial for the capital crime of murder, played with many an unreadable moue of listless unconcern by Benjamin Voisin."
"He also sees his blank, undemonstrative reaction to news that his mother, whom he placed in a state care home many miles away, has died, apparently of old age."
"The adaptation, while visually stunning, arguably diminishes the brutal impact of the source material."
Francois Ozon's adaptation of Albert Camus's L'Etranger is set in 1940s French Algeria and filmed in Morocco. The film presents a detailed sense of period and place while offering a contemporary critique of the original themes of empire and race. The protagonist, Meursault, is portrayed as indifferent to significant events, including his mother's death. His relationship with Marie is depicted as frivolous against the backdrop of his emotional detachment. The adaptation, while visually stunning, arguably diminishes the brutal impact of the source material.
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