| Director: | Costa-Gavras |
|---|---|
| Production: | KG Productions (Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras), France 2 Cinéma, Wild Bunch (Brahim Chioua), Odeon (Manos Krezias) |
| Running Time: | 124’ |
| Language: | English, Greek, French, German |
| Country: | France, Greece |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Main Cast: | Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Ulrich Tukur, Daan Schuurmans, Christos Stergioglou, Dimitris Tarlow, Alexandros Logothetis, Josiane Pinson, Cornelius Obonya, Aurélien Recoing, Vincent Nemeth, Francesco Acquaroli, Thanos Tokakis, George Lenz, Themis Panou, Maria Protopappa, Valeria Golino |
| Screenplay: | Costa-Gavras |
| Cinematographer: | Yorgos Arvanitis |
| Editor: | Costa-Gavras, Lambis Haralampidis |
| Production Designer: | Spyros Laskaris, Philippe Chiffre |
| Costume Designer: | Agis Panayotou |
| Music: | Alexandre Desplat |
| Sound: | Nikos Papadimitriou, Marianne Roussy-Moreau, Costas Varibobiotis, Edouard Morin, Daniel Sobrino |
| Visual Effects: | Benoît Maffone |
Cinema
Adults in the Room
Out of Competition
Synopsis
Behind closed doors, a human tragedy plays out. A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic trap with no way out, exerting pressures on the protagonists which finally divide them. A tragedy in the Ancient Greek sense: the characters are not good or evil, but driven by the consequences of their own conception of what it is right to do. A tragedy for our very modern time.
Director’s Statement
You never forget the country of your birth, especially when it is a country like Greece. I fled my country because, back then, all it offered to young people of my social class was a life of submission to a theocratic-democracy. As an immigrant, France allowed me to surpass my wildest dreams. My ‘Greekness’ took hold of me again when the Colonels seized power. The expression of my personal resistance was Z. Ten years ago, the Greek crisis plunged the country back into the same situation that made me flee in the first place. And this, of course, made me want to express my revolt once again, with Adults in the Room.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: MICHELE RAY GAVRAS, ALEXANDRE GAVRAS - KG PRODUCTIONS
36 RUE LEBOUR
93100 - Montreuil, France
Tel. + 33149720099
kg@kgproductions.fr
http://www.kgproductions.com
PRODUCTION 2: FRANCE 2 CINEMA
33 avenue de l’opera
75002 – Paris, France
Tel. + 33980423707
valerie.boyer@francetv.fr
PRODUCTION 3: Brahim Chioua - WILD BUNCH
65 Rue de Dunkerque
75009 – Paris, France
Tel. 0143132115
bchioua@wildbunch.eu
http://www.wildbunch-distribution.com/
PRODUCTION 4: Manos Krezias – ODEON
Mesogion 275 Halandri
11476 Athens, Greece
Tel. 302106412700
ekre@odeon.gr
WORLD SALES: Adeline Fontan Tessaur – Elle Driver
66 Rue de Miromesnil
75008 – Paris, France
Tel. 33156434870
Adeline@elledriver.eu
http://www.elledriver.fr
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