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Yes, this is exactly the best way to describe it.

I don't know if the director intentionally aimed to weave deep psychological themes into the film, or if it was just to make a name.

But I do know that the film carries a heavy tension between ethics and human desire throughout.

It's a film with little unnecessary dialogue-almost 90% of the conversations have meaning, delivering the film's core message.

In the most colloquial terms, the film's theme can be summed up as: "They're aware, but the pleasure feels inevitable-as if you're telling them not to blink."

A film that reflects the endlessness of human desire.

A film that acts like a warning.

A film that says the only thing keeping us from total collapse is that thin thread of awareness about ethics.

One of the most interesting and heartbreaking aspects is that it's not a virus that turns you into someone else, or a zombie, or anything like that.

It's still you-completely you-who transforms from a victim into a full-blown maniac with no boundaries or rules.

And in the final scene, where the director builds the story's climax in the very last moments, when even the protagonist is not spared from the madness, and the tears and pain turn into tears of twisted pleasure- you hope for a happy ending, but the director keeps you suspended in a surreal state at every moment- a surrealism rooted in realism.

This is the essence of this film.

This is not a movie you watch just for entertainment because its realistic and minimalistic atmosphere might unsettle you.

Yet, it carries a deep meaning.

The film unfolds its narrative through a series of questions and answers: Why do we continue to live and endure suffering?

Is it not a crime, a sin, to remain in torment when one has the power to end it?

With remarkable intelligence, the director weaves the essence of humanity and life into the encounters the protagonist has. Even in the smallest things, a person can find meaning-ironically, even when they have set out to take their own life.

We, as the audience, are like invisible passengers in a car, traveling along the film's road, searching for someone who will either convince us otherwise or simply be there so we are not alone.

Even the protagonist, despite his unwavering determination to end his life, finds himself drowning in doubt. And beyond that, in the final scenes, the film leads us to an intriguing intersection of existentialism and nihilism- Life exists, and in a fleeting moment, like a flash of lightning, it can disappear.