Movies and TvShows featuring "absence-from-work" theme.

A middle-aged businessman has become unhealthily obsessed with a schoolgirl with whom he shares his daily commute. When he tries to make a direct connection with her, it creates dire complications.

A dentist named Phil, overwhelmed by his mundane life and personal failures, decides to stage his own suicide to escape it all. He fakes his death and creates a new identity, but soon finds himself entangled in a series of comedic and chaotic situations.

Audition (1964) is a documentary that follows a young rock band in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The film captures their music rehearsals, short stories, experimental film techniques, and the twists and turns of their journey in the music industry. It explores themes of youth, passion, and the challenges faced by amateur musicians in a changing society.

Giant follows the story of a shy man who works as a bouncer at a disco in Uruguay. He finds solace in his job and forms a bond with his fellow workers. As he navigates through his daily routine, he experiences various challenges and encounters, including first dates, internet dating, and protests. The movie explores themes of labor, shyness, and the dynamics of relationships.

A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.

Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but then her older brother Ryan asks her to return to the farm he runs with their dad Thane who has become impossibly absentminded. By the time he is formally diagnosed with serious Alzheimer, she realizes how badly she really knew her family, having ran from her past after the trauma of witnessing her mother's suicide at age seven, and tries to talk it trough with Ryan and dad while he still has lucid moments.