Tag Archives: Francois Ozon

Ozon’s ‘Stranger’ (film: ‘L’étranger’ – François Ozon – 2025)

Albert Camus’s ‘The Stranger‘, published in 1942—one of the works that earned the author the Nobel Prize in Literature—has been adapted into a stylized film, co-written and directed by François Ozon. While Camus is, of course, credited as the source … Continue reading →

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mirror games (film: L’amant double – Francois Ozon, 2017)

After having seen last week the 2016 “Frantz” I continued yesterday my (François) Ozon cure with “The Double Lover” (or “L’amant double” in original) the latest film of the French director, a film that was present also in the 2017 … Continue reading →

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victims of war (Film: Frantz – Francois Ozon, 2016)

‘Frantz‘ is one of those films that follows you long after the screening is over. What I and maybe many other viewers of François Ozon‘s 2016 film  will remember years from now will be the silhouettes of the two principal … Continue reading →

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a straight backward film (Film: 5×2 – Francois Ozon, 2004)

Having liked the last film of Francois Ozon (‘Dans la maison‘) as well as some of his previous work I jumped on the opportunity of seeing one of his earlier works screened at the local cinematheque. ‘5×2’ is based on … Continue reading →

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the power of literature (Film: Dans la maison – Francois Ozon, 2012)

Dans la maison (In the House) directed by Francois Ozon is one of the the most surprising films i have seen lately. Adaptation of a play, the screen is so smart that my major question is how is it that … Continue reading →

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