Camus Overrated, Ozon Vindicated

Camus Overrated, Ozon Vindicated

The Lumière awards in Paris are French cinema’s equivalent of the Golden Globes—not as coveted as the César awards, but still fairly prestigious, in the way that a silver medal at the Olympics might be. On 18 January 2026, the Lumière for Best French Film of 2025 went to L’Étranger, François Ozon’s adaptation of Albert Camus’s 1942 novella. It was not even nominated for Best Film or Best Director at the Césars. (The novel is known as The Outside…