Movies and TvShows featuring "idealism-vs-cynicism" theme.

Lost Illusions is a drama movie set in 19th-century France. It follows the story of an aspiring poet who faces class differences, media manipulation, and disillusionment in the literary world. The movie explores themes of idealism vs cynicism, keeping up appearances, and the personal sacrifices one makes for ambition.

When a military chemical weapon is accidentally activated, a scientist and a cook must work together to keep it from exploding, while being pursued by terrorists and government agents.

Lonelyhearts is a drama film based on the novel of the same name. It explores the life of a cynical newspaper columnist who becomes entangled in various love affairs and struggles with the concept of true love and forgiveness. The film touches on themes of infidelity, adultery, and the complexities of relationships.

A bizarre sci-fi rock opera like little else being produced under the banner of Canadian film at the time, Metal Messiah is about an enigmatic metallic-skinned stranger trying to stop society's self-destructive obsession with rock and roll. Anchored in Toronto's live music scene if the late 1970s, this dystopian parable was the feature film debut of local music impresario and director Tibor Takács. Working with screenwriter Stephen Zoller, Takács' film is a crudely crafted, episodic work that plays out like a glam version of Amos Poe's avant-punk NYC flick The Foreigner (1978), but with even more ambition, attempting to scale to the bombastic rock opera heights of films like Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and Tommy (1975). (from: http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/metalmessiah.html)

Francisco Suarez has the unique opportunity to interview one of the Presidential candidates. Torn by his desire to be objective he is left with a choice that could mean the end of his career but the deliverance of his country.