THE STRANGER

With Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder

In a tension-filled and subtly homoerotic adaptation of the existential novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, prolific French director Ozon renders the Algerian setting in atmospheric black-and-white, conjuring a charged atmosphere that remains mysterious and starkly foreign to his French anti-hero Meursault (Voisin).  The footloose man attends the funeral of his mother, plunges heedlessly into a liaison with a seemingly smitten woman and links up with a volatile pal, all the while remaining a handsome but emotionless enigma untouched by the emotions of others.  One day at the beach there comes a turning point when Meursault impulsively murders the young Arab man Moussa as he lies asleep on the sand.  In French with English subtitles.