L’homme qui a perdu son ombre

Paul is a journalist who is up to date on the latest horrors of the modern world and is heartsick about them. He has a wife and a steady job but leaves both of them suddenly for parts unknown. His wife is worried about him, and she is angry that he left without a word. She is sufficiently concerned to seek out one of Paul’s former flames for information about where he might have gone. Soon, this girl has joined her in a quest to find Paul. They finally discover him in a Spanish resort town on the coast, moodily riding his motorcycle over the countryside and sharing philosophical musings with Antonio, a magnetic older man who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War.