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The Stranger (1967)

The Stranger poster
Original title
Lo straniero
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Genre
drama film
Country
Algeria, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in Algeria kills someone in a moment of confusion. He is put on trial and society judges him more for his emotional detachment than for the crime itself.

detachedcontemplativebleakrestrainedslow-burnunderstatedexistentialsolemn

What happens

The Stranger (Italian: Lo straniero) is a 1967 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus's 1942 novel The Stranger, with Marcello Mastroianni. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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