Movie

The Stranger

1967 · 104 min

A detached, sun-drenched descent into alienation that leaves you unsettled and pondering long after.

Overview: Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, death, guilt, morality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
death
guilt
morality
fate
Places: big city
prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild