Adults in the Room
Adults in the Room | |
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Greek | Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα |
Directed by | Costa Gavras |
Written by | Costa Gavras |
Based on | Adults in the Room by Yanis Varoufakis |
Produced by | Alexandre Gavras Manos Krezias Michèle Ray-Gavras |
Cinematography | Giorgos Arvanitis |
Edited by | Costa-Gavras Lambis Haralambidis |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Production companies | K.G. Productions Wild Bunch Elle Driver France 2 Cinéma Odeon |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Countries | France Greece |
Languages | French German English Greek |
Adults in the Room (Greek: Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα, romanized: Enílikoi stin aíthousa) is a 2019 French-Greek political film directed by Costa-Gavras. It is based on the book Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis about the 2015 Greek bailout.[2] It is Gavras' first feature film that was shot in Greece.[3]
Plot
In 2015, following
Cast
- Yánis Varoufákis[4]
- Aléxandros Bourdoúmis: Aléxis Tsípras[4]
- Ulrich Tukur: Wolfgang Schäuble[4]
- Daan Schuurmans: Jeroen Dijsselbloem[4]
- Dimítris Tárloou: Euclide Tsakalotos
- Josiane Pinson: Christine Lagarde
- Valeria Golino: Danái Strátou
- Aurélien Recoing: Pierre Moscovici
- Vincent Nemeth: Michel Sapin
- Francesco Acquaroli: Mario Draghi
- George Lenz: Head of the Troika
- Philip Schurer: George Osborne
- Damien Mougin: Emmanuel Macron
- Aléxandros Logothétis: Mános
- Chrístos Stérgioglou: Sákis
- Cornelius Obonya: Wims
- Thános Tokákis: Yórgos
- María Protópappa: Elena
- Thémis Pánou: Siágas
- Kostas Antalopoulos: press contact for Wolfgang Schäuble
- Skyrah Archer : Eurogroup secretary
- Marina Argyropolo: Fenia
- Georges Corraface: Greek ambassador to France
- Giannis Dalianis
- Adrian Frieling: Lithuanian minister of Finances
Release
The film was selected to play out of competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[5]
Reception
Jessica Kiang of Variety wrote, "Far too many adults, in far too many rooms, have far too many repetitive conversations about the arcane ins-and-outs of EU policymaking in Costa-Gavras’ maddeningly unfocused 'Adults in the Room.'"[6]
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "For those interested in how the EU sausage is made — a process that Costa-Gavras mines both for its theatricality and seeming inanity — the film can be a gripping piece of infotainment, even if it runs long at 124 minutes. Others may shy away from so many administrative details, but they will be missing out on a movie that tries to cut through all the red tape and explore the human travails behind the protocols."[7]
References
- ^ Gr, Sala (August 13, 2019). "Biennale Cinema 2019 | Adults in the Room". La Biennale di Venezia.
- ^ "Costa Gavras: I will make a film based on Adults in the Room". YanisVaroufakis.eu. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Mintzer, Jordan (31 August 2019). "'Adults in the Room': Film Review | Venice 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Ariston (25 July 2019). "Venice Competition to Include Roman Polanski, Steven Soderbergh, James Gray's 'Ad Astra,' Todd Phillips' 'Joker'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Kiang, Jessica (August 31, 2019). "Film Review: 'Adults in the Room'".
- ^ "'Adults in the Room': Film Review | Venice 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 31 August 2019.
External links
- Adults in the Room at IMDb