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greg s Apr 12 I thought it was a brilliant telling of Camus story, but with a sensuality I had not considered. See more Simon Apr 12 Beautifully filmed. Excellent acting. And, importantly, faithful to the book. See more Melissa Apr 11 Hypnotic retelling of Camus novella. See more Michael Apr 4 Great retells by of Camus’s novel. Acting was superb and I am a huge Ozon fan. See more Catherine Imogen W @RT67840195 2d I must confess that this is the film I have been waiting for! I read the book by Albert Camus decades ago. This film pretty accurate according to the text but the film made more sense. This so attractive young man is guillotined (I guess) for the murder of an Arab in Algeria, It is clearly said that the death of an Arab is nothing at that time. OK, and I think I saw the Arabic man produce a knife which was the trigger for the gun. Maybe I am wrong. What is his state of mind! I think he had a good advocate and a good priest with whom he finally bursts his mind. He smiles when his girlfriend suggests they marry, more and more. Is he so outside the world? He finally says he regrets his mother's death yet he knows that he is condemned because he did not cry at his mother's funeral. I understand the film better than the book. Imogen See more danelectro T @danelectro 4d Overall a very high quality film with fantastic black and white images, as it should be, given it is set in colonial Algeria. The film adapts the book beautifully as it paints a man who refuses to lie to women, the court, and the church, in order to satisfy common conventions that are ultimately about control (men over women, the colonial system that typically protects white men who kill Arabs, and the church over its believers by pretending to be so holy that it can forgive the unforgivable). The main actor is superb. There is a sexual thread throughout this story that I must have missed in the book, but which I enjoyed as it amplified the main theme of this man's radical honesty which others, those who operated a society based on indifference and cruelty, always took as indifference or cruelty. Masterful directing, photography, and North African locales. One of the best films you'll see in 2026. See more Read all reviews

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