What is the title of the Canadian film directed by Jeremy Ma and Angus Ng whose common elements include satire, dark humor, incongruity, the abasement of reason, and controversy regarding the philosophical condition of being "nothing"?
Absurdist fiction Absurdist fiction is a genre of fictional narrative (traditionally, literary fiction), most often in the form of a novel, play, poem, or film, that focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events that call into question the certainty of existential concepts such as truth or value. Common elements in absurdist fiction include satire, dark humor, incongruity, the abasement of reason, and controversy regarding the philosophical condition of being "nothing." Works of absurdist fiction often explore agnostic or nihilistic topics.
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer is a Canadian short film, directed by Randall Okita and released in 2014. Mixing live action with animation, the film depicts two brothers whose shared childhood traumas have led them in very different directions as adults: one, the "weatherman", has become a cautious, careful man who tries to protect himself by obsessively predicting the future, while the other, the "shadowboxer", has become an aggressive, violent man who is constantly fighting the past.