The phrase I think I would use to describe this film is “sympathetic absurdity”. He show how ridiculous, how ponderous, how lustful we can be for “life”, however we define it, and how these sentiments, which we hope will be pure, deep, profound, can often shade quickly into absurdity, without our seeing it. He is not saying life is absurd, but that Ferdinand is absurd, and that those who are like him are likewise absurd.
Do you think your life will change in profound ways by running away? Don’t count on it. You simply create a world of new problems, which you will not be equipped to solve. Stay in the fold. Leave only when you are ready. Less is very often more.
The boldest lines are sometimes the shortest lines. La Ligne Chance, I think was the French. You want a long line, one that goes over the horizon.