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The doppelgänger motif—the “double” or “duplicated man”—has long served as a powerful narrative device in literature and cinema. Drawing on José Saramago’s novel O Homem Duplicado (2002) and its film adaptation Enemy (2013, dir. Denis Villeneuve), this paper explores how film and television series have adapted, expanded, and reconfigured the philosophical and psychological implications of the double. The analysis focuses on three key dimensions: the existential crisis of identity, the fragmentation of the self under late capitalism, and the uncanny horror of confronting one’s own repressed desires. By examining Enemy , alongside series such as Counterpart (2017–2019) and Dark (2017–2020), this paper argues that the double functions not merely as a plot twist, but as a structural metaphor for contemporary alienation.
Not exactly. It is a psychological thriller with strong existential horror elements. The horror comes from the uncanny, not from monsters or jump scares. O homem duplicado - Filmes Series