The Mirage

The Mirage

2015 · 101 min · FR · 5.6 (22 votes)
Dir. Ricardo Trogi · Starring Louis Morissette, Julie Perreault, Christine Beaulieu, Patrice Robitaille, Alexandra Cyr, Émile Boucher · Music Frédéric Bégin
ComedyDrama

Le Mirage is the perspective of a man in his thirties asking himself "what am I chasing?" Our society has become all about consumerism, if not excess. Success is determined by what and how much we have and "stuff" becomes the band-aid to a meaningless existence. Stuff fills the void of the existence we weren't meant to lead.

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A bleakly funny, yet deeply resonant, look at modern malaise. It captures the hollow ache of chasing material success while feeling utterly lost and trapped in a cycle of dissatisfaction. A sharp, often uncomfortable, reflection of our times.

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