Movies and TvShows featuring "kafka-esque" theme.
Based on the novel by William S. Burroughs, a writer becomes embroiled in a strange and surreal world after getting involved with illegal drugs. He begins to experience bizarre hallucinations and encounters talking insects, giant centipedes, and a mysterious typewriter. As his addiction and paranoia grow, he finds himself caught in a web of conspiracy and psychological disintegration.
In 18th century London, a demonic spirit possesses a skull that causes havoc and fear among those who possess it.
After being suspected of a crime he didn't commit, a man is imprisoned in a high-tech chamber where his every move is monitored. As he tries to escape, he is faced with a series of mysterious events and must uncover the truth to regain his freedom.
In 'The Castle,' a land-surveyor travels to a remote village to assist in the construction of a castle. However, the bureaucracy and enigmatic nature of the locals make his job difficult. As he falls in love with a barmaid, he navigates the complexities of the village's strange customs and traditions. Based on the book, this Kafka-esque drama is filled with mystery and allegory.
The Circle follows the story of a young Iranian girl named Arezou who is released from prison and faces numerous challenges as she tries to rebuild her life. The film explores themes of oppression, women's rights, and the struggle for freedom.
Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983) is a comedy-drama film set in the Caucasus region of Georgia, during the time of communism. The story revolves around a man who finds himself caught in a web of absurd situations, including being trapped in an elevator, witnessing a crack in the wall, and experiencing a collapse of his house roof. As he navigates through these bizarre events, he encounters various eccentric characters like a secretary, a bureaucrat, a mining engineer, and a publisher. The film is a satirical commentary on the absurdities of the bureaucratic system and the struggles faced by individuals in a communist regime.
A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled political prisoners. The everyday life of the prisoners consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, arbitrary punishments and other torments. One of the prisoners who refuses to yield is subjected to torture. Trying to escape, he falls into the sea. When the Queen visits the island, the prison guards find the runaway and murder him without a second thought, since he is already assumed dead.
Joseph Kilian is a dark comedy set in Prague during a totalitarian regime. The story follows a man's obsessive search for a cat, which leads to unexpected encounters and surreal situations. This Kafka-esque allegory explores themes of identity, freedom, and the absurdity of bureaucracy.
A man awakens to find himself immersed in a real-life scenario of a board game with an ever expanding cartography.
Boris, an ex-con thief, is persuaded by his girlfriend to pull one last heist, breaking into her paraplegic, millionaire boss' sprawling, castle-like mansion. But once inside, they become trapped in a maze-like series of escape rooms which must be solved in order to stay alive.
Maria, a Ukrainian doctor, comes to Portugal to spend a year with Greco, her husband who is also a doctor. Upon arrival at Faro airport she is the only person from Kiev approached by agents of Immigration and Customs that lead her to a room of interrogation, without any explanations. All this occurs because the authorities suspect that something illegal should be behind her trip, since she is from Eastern Europe and her husband is Senegalese.
A foreign journalist arrives on a small Pacific island 200 miles off the coast of South America. Once a leper colony, the island was later transformed into a prison and then, under U.N. mandate, made into an independent republic. Yet despite democratic structures, the inhabitants--who speak a strange dialect composed of Spanish and English--still obey the old prison rules. After sending back detailed accounts of the torture and repression seen everywhere, the journalist realizes that she has fallen into the trap created for her by the islanders: lacking natural resources, the island's main export is news.
A "symbolic" character traces the path of man in search of salvation in this world within his own ghosts and deformations.
Brad, Christina, T.K. and Kelly are on a post-graduation trip to Europe. Unfortunately, what starts out as a dream quickly spirals into a nightmare. Upon entering a 14th century castle, the friends find themselves trapped in a horrifying alternate realm where violent hallucinations overtake them. A stranger emerges, shocking them with the reality of their terrifying fate; one must stay behind - alone forever within the torturous stone walls, in order for the rest of the group to escape. As time runs out, hope and reason disappear, anarchy takes over and extreme violence erupts. Will it be male strength or female guile that will ultimately determine who will bear the terrible fate?
An anxious young tailor dominated by his father, a master of the craft, is eager to do well with his clients; but his inadequacy in measuring leaves him frustrated and humiliated. His younger sister - an expert seamstress - arrives back in town, discovers his measuring weakness and begins a cruel reign of terror over him, humiliating him endlessly in front of customers. Pushed to the edge, the young tailor heads down the nightmarish road to insanity and murder.
The twenty-something Betty comes to a remote small town and strikes a friendship with the fourteen-year old local girl Lea, who is fascinated by her new friend's tales of partying and living in the fast lane in the big city. Betty has ulterior motives for befriending the young girl, however.
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), gets laughed out of court by Judge Gary Indiana, loses his girlfriend to sleazy Richard Prince, is hustled by prospective employer (Bill Rice) and mauled by predatory bird-women. Finally, he seeks the help of a shrink (the legendary Jack Smith) who turns out to be the most demented of all.
A web-designer receives a letter that says that he must keep silent, beginning with the next Saturday. By the time Saturday comes, the poor designer totally forgets about the weird letter.
Martin Donovan plays John Abbott, a church investigator looking into a murder. The world is similar to England in the mid to late 1800s but with odd touches such as primitive computers etc. The sets are similar to Brazil, as is the look of a lot of the movie although much more reserved and somewhat more sinister. The movie revolves around a man, Abbott, who starts supremely self confident but eventually has to deal with his own failings and flaws.