2025 · drama · crime
The Stranger
Directed by François Ozon2h 2m2025
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine.
Our read: The Stranger (2025) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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