First Trailer for Camus Adaptation ‘The Stranger’ from Francois Ozon
by Alex Billington
August 26, 2025
Source: YouTube
“You carry a burden of sin. You need liberation.” The first festival trailer has debuted for the next new film by acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon, his second film this year following When Fall Is Coming released in the US earlier this year. It’s premiering at the 2025 Venice Film Festival underway this week as one of the Main Competition debuts. Set in 1930s Algeria, the film stars Benjamin Voisin as the apathetic Frenchman Meursault who displays total indifference to life. His emotional detachment leads to a murder, followed by a trial that scrutinizes both the crime and his character. It’s an adaptation of the famous Albert Camus novel of the same name (L’Étranger), first published in 1942 by the French philosopher. Ozon states for the record: “It was an immense challenge to adapt a masterpiece that everyone has read and that every reader has already staged in their own mind.” The film features Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, and Swann Arlaud. The film is presented in B&W as an intriguing tale of murder, but also as a look back at France’s connection with Algeria. Watch for reviews from the fests + check out the footage.
Here’s the festival trailer (+ poster) for François Ozon’s film The Stranger, direct from YouTube:
Intro via Venice: “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, and quickly slips back into his usual routine. However, his daily life is soon disrupted by his neighbour, Raymond Sintès, who draws Meursault into his shady dealings — until, on one blisteringly hot day, a tragic event occurs on a beach.” The Stranger, originally known as L’étranger in French, is written and directed by prolific French filmmaker François Ozon, director of the films Sitcom, Criminal Lovers, Under the Sand, 8 Women, Potiche, In the House, Young & Beautiful, The New Girlfriend, Frantz, Double Lover, By the Grace of God, and Summer of 85, Everything Went Fine, Peter von Kant, The Crime Is Mine, and When Fall Is Coming previously. It’s also produced by Ozon; co-produced by Marie-Jeanne Pascal. This is premiering at the 2025 Venice Film Festival playing in the Main Competition section. The film will first open in France starting October 29th, 2025 this fall. No other release dates are set – stay tuned for more.
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