Movies and TvShows featuring "looking-through-window" theme.

Vive L'Amour is a Taiwanese slow-cinema drama that delves into the themes of love-triangle, jealousy, and existential loneliness. The film follows three main characters in Taipei who find themselves living in the same apartment building. As their lives intertwine, they navigate their own sexual identities and seek meaning in their lonely existence. Through minimalist storytelling and a nonlinear timeline, Vive L'Amour captures the sadness and confusion of urban life in Taipei.

Goodbye, Dragon Inn is a slow and contemplative film that captures the lonely atmosphere of an old-fashioned cinema in Taipei, Taiwan. Set in a cinema showing the 1967 martial arts film Dragon Inn, the movie follows various characters, including a Japanese tourist, a projection booth operator, a cashier, and a swordsman. The film explores themes of existential loneliness, incommunicability, and the end of an era. With very little dialogue, the movie uses long takes to create a haunting and melancholic atmosphere.

In Paris, a disillusioned detective goes on a downward spiral as he investigates a murder case involving the mafia, debt, and a hotel. His existential loneliness and existential crisis deepen as he uncovers the dark secrets of the city.

A chambermaid in a Corsican hotel falls in love with a chess tournament and decides to become a champion. With the help of a reclusive American expatriate, she masters the game and eventually competes in a prestigious tournament. Along the way, she navigates class-consciousness, jealousy, and the challenges of balancing her newfound passion with her daily responsibilities.

Alpine Fire is a drama film released in 1985. It revolves around a young man who experiences a series of hardships and challenges in a Swiss mountain village after the death of his parents. The film explores themes of self-identity, existential loneliness, and sexual identity. It delves into the protagonist's journey of coming-of-age and his search for meaning in life.

Wonderful Town is a minimalist movie about a brother and sister who live together in a ruined city. They experience existential loneliness and unhappiness, filled with disappointment and sadness. The film explores the power of love and tenderness amidst the backdrop of a falling apart world. Their lives are changed when they encounter a handsome man and a secret is revealed.

In the White City (1983) follows a sailor who arrives in Lisbon, Portugal and finds himself staying in a boarding house. As he explores the city, he grapples with existential crises and navigates various relationships, including a romantic one with a waitress. The film delves into themes of unhappiness, self-discovery, sensuality, and loneliness. It showcases the sailor's journey of wandering and his encounters with different characters in the city, all captured through a nonlinear timeline. The plot also includes moments of seductive desire, awkward situations, and even instances of violence.

In the 1980s, and after the death of his mother, Sam is struggling with family, friends, school, and the most evil being he can imagine - The Bloody Man, who is unknowingly summoned and will stop at nothing to destroy everything Sam holds dear.

The diary of Sam, 27, with its joys, its sorrows, its sexual obsessions.