The Devil, Probably

The Devil, Probably

197797 min6.8 / 10

A bleak philosophical meditation on a young man's systematic rejection of meaning and society, culminating in a meditation on suicide as the only logical response to existential despair.

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...

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