François Ozon on the Existentialism of The Stranger, Arab Representation, and Bressonian Acting
The Film Stage [Unofficial]
April 2, 2026
Nearly 30 years into his feature filmmaking career, French writer-director François Ozon has done it all: screwball comedies, murder mystery musicals, erotic dramas, thrillers, political films, and more. Now, for the first time, he’s adapted a crucial literary and philosophical work in Albert Camus’ The Stranger–starring Benjamin Voisin as the ever-elusive and tragically nonchalant Meursault–which […]
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