L’Étranger

The Stranger
Director
François Ozon
Country
France, Belgium
Year
2025
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
François Ozon
Cast
Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, Swann Arlaud, Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Production
Gaumont, Foz, France 2 Cinéma, Macassar Productions, Scope Pictures

Storyline

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a young thirty-something man and a lowly employee, buries his mother without showing the slightest emotion. The following day, he embarks on an affair with an office colleague called Marie, and then he gets back to everyday life. But his neighbour, Raymond Sintès, upsets his daily routine by dragging him into some shady business, until a tragedy takes place on a beach beneath the blazing sun...

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2025
Competition

Releases

Spain (19 of December 2025)