The charm of the ancient myth lives on today in the images of the cinema. This book aims, through the analysis of some very successful films, highlight this root mythological, not always perceived by the general public and even by critics.

It also tries to show that thanks to it, the film gives voice to the great problems of human existence and lends itself, so in a tight connection with philosophy.

Are explored as well, through the reading of works by well-known directors, the theme of the search for meaning in life in the face of death all'incombere ("The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries"), the relationship between truth and illusion ("The Matrix"), and between freedom and destiny ("Minority report"), that of salvation by the vacuum and the mediocrity ("theorem" and "Dead fug-people"), the relationship between body and soul and of life as a work of art and as a gift ("Babette's Feast").