Keswick Film Club - The Stranger

Synopsis

Pre-Release Screening

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. However, his daily life is about to be disrupted by his neighbour who draw Meursault into his shady dealings, until one blisteringly hot day, a tragic event occurs.

Benjamin Voisin's perfectly plays the detached enigma and anti-hero of Meursault, in a completely evocative of the world set by director Francois Ozon. Beautifully shot on black and white, this tale incorporates both the blistering heat and tension of Algiers, through the detachment of its protagonist, and a civil justice campaign that completes its task in railroading viewers into existential crisis.