This review article offers a critique of René Arcilla's theory of education as destiny in "Wim Wenders's Road Movie Philosophy: Education Without Learning." After exploring Arcilla's long-standing interest in developing a dramatic approach to educational philosophy, one that avoids both bloodless theorising and melodramatic kitsch, it is contended that Arcilla's own interpretation of Wenders is melodramatic. Life is lived inside the hermeneutic circle. Breakthroughs are dogged by regret and fresh waves of contingency, uncertainty and disorientation. By contrast, in the destiny narrative articulated by Arcilla, we are released from this daily drama, suggesting the philosophical version of a Hollywood ending.