Movies: Existentialism

Directed by Armand Bouvier, "S'asseoir" is a four-hour French comedy that masterfully blends absurdist humor with the profound existential philosophy of Albert Camus....

A man who feels paralysed by choice is sent into an existential spiral after finding a mysterious tape player that can tell the future....

When a girl was ten-years-old she developed a brain tumor. Doctors were able to remove it, but at the expense of the perception of her own face. She can see, just not herself. One night she has a dream where she's offered a chance to finally see hers...

A Micro Universe is formed inside an expired tube of spermicidal lubricant dating back from the 1980’s. We see the formation of this universe through its aeons and the existential crises unfurling as a sex pest is eager to utilise it....

A mysterious detective appears in a desolate and dark place, with no memory of how he got there or who he is. With a cigarette in hand, he begins to explore his unfamiliar surroundings....

The film is about a filmmaker who is trying to make a better film. They are trying to make decisions with fun rather than stress. They are also trying to make decisions that will make the film more enjoyable for the audience....

Two computer engineers are given a strange request by a monk: Compile all 9 billion names of god. One engineer discovers a strangeness regarding the entire situation....

In the late-night-early-hours of the morning, Gary has an existential crisis; he questions the meaning of life, much to the annoyance of his level-headed partner Meg, who attempts to calm him down....

An existentialist conversation divided in chapters between the animated alter ego of the author and two alien creatures that represent future versions of herself....

An eighteen-year-old on a year abroad in Israel disconnects from his own identity as a means of coping, when his path crosses with an antisocial mossad agent, who untangles a vast web of lies and abuse in the wake of an unspeakable trauma....

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As an unwavering natural force, Maj Wechselmann produces at least one film a year, which is guaranteed to show troublesome connections between established power structures and maladjustments for people further down the hierarchy of society; this time...