Kierkegaard and the Education of Anxiety in <i>A Fortunate Man</i> : A Labyrinth of Inwardness

In this article, we examine the lights and shadows of the inwardness of spiritual life that constitutes the human self through the drama of Per Sidenius in the film by the Danish director Bille August, A Fortunate Man ( Lykke-Per, 2018) within the framework of the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard. The film is a labyrinth in which the narrative deepens as a conflict in the quest for oneself that reaches a limit of the renunciation of the world. It exhibits a moment in which inwardness is transformed when individuals are educated by anxiety to become an infinite possibility. Thanks to the cinematographic ability to capture real movements enabled by radical freedom, ideas in existential philosophy can become visible to us. In this film, in particular, the character’s experience is guided by decisions that reflect an inward search and lead him to a moment of inner tension, dazzled by the awareness that his obstinacy is leading him to renounce the most important thing in life: love.