Movies and TvShows featuring "meaning-of-existence" theme.

Days is a slow and atmospheric drama that follows a male protagonist living in an urban apartment. The film delves into themes of loneliness, hopelessness, and disillusionment as the main character experiences an existential awakening and confronts the desires and disappointments of his life. Through a nonlinear timeline and a realistic portrayal of urban boredom, Days explores the complexities of sexuality, friendship, and psychological torment.

The story of Cross Words is based on a news item, which quickly becomes a pretext for a sensitive, sensual portrait of a generation represented by two main characters, Pierre and Mila, and a group of thirty-somethings. They’re journalists, teachers, carpenters and artists, between Paris, Marseille and Brussels. Valero portrays fragments of everyday life, interweaving them with impressionistic urban and bucolic slivers.