The Stranger

A philosophical, detached portrait of existential alienation in colonial Algeria, where a man's emotional numbness and moral indifference lead him into darkness.

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.