Alienation Movies

A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his...

Seventeen years after their separation, Ernesto reunites with an old friend, only to realize he might be facing a complete stranger.

Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via...

Late Bloomer is the story of Sumida-san, a severely handicapped man, and his downward spiral into hell.

An intimate portrait of Mariano "Cronopio" Gedwillo, an Argentinian clown in Riga, as he transforms ordinary life into wonder through the magic of...

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The...

When a young man’s silent pain erupts into violence, his older brother is forced to confront the past and...

In his daily commute an old man looses track of time and his grip on an overwhelming reality. He remembers a life long forgotten.

About a Turkish boy who is trying to adapt to life in Sweden. A difficult task as it turns out.

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense...

A young woman arrives in a city for the first time. She observes the people around her and realizes that she does not belong to that world,...

A precarious highway carries an unnamed protagonist to a series of doctors' appointments, where it is unclear what ails her. She speaks to no one and...

Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details...

A prefabricated estate in Moscow is meant as a transit stop for four queer Cuban exiles – until Russia’s attack on Ukraine radically...

The story takes place in the landscapes of La Spezia, where urban and rural environments intertwine. Water plays a primary role as a form, alongside...

The pandemic. A man. A tissue roll.