Bliss is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Mike Cahill. It stars Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek. A middle-aged man, recently divorced and estranged from his family, suffers a psychotic break when he is fired from an unhappy job. Befriended by a homeless woman, he gradually falls deeper into psychosis and drug addiction as he struggles to discern reality from fantasy.
Plot
Greg Wittle spends his work hours daydreaming and drawing. When he is fired, he imagines accidentally killing his boss, and concealing the body before leaving the office for the bar across the street. Greg alternates between reality and drug-induced fantasy.
In the bar, he meets Isabel, a homeless woman who appears to know what he has done. She speaks about having created this world with unintended consequences. Isabel drags Greg away, telling him to lay low to avoid police, and to avoid all contact with his family. She sells his phone and possessions. Isabel takes Greg to a tented area. He shares his drawings with her, and she offers him crushed yellow crystal. Isabel helps Greg imagine that with the crystal, he is able to manipulate the world telekinetically.
Cast
Owen Wilson as Greg Wittle
Salma Hayek as Isabel Clemens
Madeline Zima as Doris
Nesta Cooper as Emily Wittle
Kosah Rukavina as Young Emily Wittle
Joshua Leonard as Cameron
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Arthur Wittle
Ronny Chieng as Kendo
Steve Zissis as Bjorn Pedersen
Bill Nye as Chris
Slavoj Žižek as himself
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