"Set in the colonialist era French Algiers of the early 20th Century, it follows a mysterious man named Mersault in the wake of his mother's passing, though he strangely isn't one for grieving. Played by the handsome French actor Benjamin Voisin-who previously starred in Ozon's coming-of-age drama Summer Of '85 -Mersault is made all the more alluring, and even more of an enigma."
"Back at his coastal residence, Mersault strikes up a connection with a beautiful woman named Marie (Rebecca Marder), who is clearly infatuated with him despite the fact that he doesn't seem to reciprocate those feelings. After getting caught in the middle of a skirmish between his neighbor (Pierre Lottin) and his mistress, Mersault later winds up at the beach where encounters the woman's brother-and kills him on the spot."
François Ozon adapts The Stranger into a stark black-and-white film that foregrounds queer desire beneath the protagonist's aloofness. The setting is colonial French Algiers during the early twentieth century. Mersault, a detached young man, reacts unemotionally to his mother's death and becomes enigmatic and alluring on screen. He forms a tenuous connection with Marie, who clearly loves him despite his indifference. After a violent altercation involving a neighbor and mistress, Mersault confronts and kills the woman's brother on a beach. Casting emphasizes physical allure, with Benjamin Voisin as Mersault and Rebecca Marder as Marie.
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