Ernst Toller is not so different from the male anti-heroes at the heart of Paul Schrader's earlier, more sensational films.
ascetics
Poetic solitude
From his youth Lax experienced a love of God that would not abate, calling him toward both solitude and engagement with others.
Full of emptiness
Emptiness can alternatively mean too little or too much. It is sometimes unclear where emptiness is distinct from excess.