Alain de Botton Movies

The history of still life painting with oil paints

Social status in a capitalistic society is a major factor in how people live their lives. This social status greatly revolves around a person’s financ...

Based on Alain de Botton's book The Architecture of Happiness.

A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matter...

A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton's updated analysis of his work as a modern-day s...