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This absence of language serves a dual purpose. Firstly, it universalizes the narrative, stripping away cultural specifics to present a raw, almost mythological tragedy. Secondly, it aligns with a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. Jacques Lacan posited that the "Name-of-the-Father" (Nom-du-Père) is the symbolic law that structures human desire and separates the child from the mother. In Moebius , the lack of speech represents the collapse of the Symbolic order. Without words to mediate their desires and grievances, the characters are trapped in the Imaginary order, a realm of primal instincts, aggression, and immediate gratification. The violence in the film is not a failure of communication; it is the only form of communication left available to them. lk21 moebius 2013 new