Adults in the Room (2019)

Directors

Costa-Gavras

Cast

Chrístos Loúlis, Aléxandros Bourdoúmis, Ulrich Tukur, Daan Schuurmans, Dimítris Tárloou, Josiane Pinson, Valeria Golino, Aurélien Recoing, Vincent Nemeth, Francesco Acquaroli

The story

In 2015, following Syriza's victory in that year's Greek parliamentary election, Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis is tasked by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to negotiate a new deal on the memorandum of understanding signed by previous government with the Troika in order to avoid facing another inevitable debt crisis in the country months later. However, throughout successive meetings of the Eurogroup, Varoufakis' proposals are only met with flat refusals from the Troika. With constant threats from the European institution of an eviction of Greece from the Eurozone if their demands are not met, Tsipras is forced to sign the MoU, going…

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