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flag Director Francois Ozon's black-and-white "The Stranger" adaptation premieres at Venice, offering a modern take on colonial tensions.

flag French director Francois Ozon has adapted Albert Camus's novel "The Stranger" for the Venice Film Festival. flag Set in colonial Algeria, the film stars Benjamin Voisin as Meursault, a French Algerian who kills an Arab man. flag Ozon's version, shot in black and white, gives the victim a name and expands the role of his sister to offer a more contemporary perspective. flag Critics praised the film for its portrayal of disaffection and colonial tensions.

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