Adults in the Room
dir. Costa-Gavras · 2019
A group of politicians and economists gather in a sterile conference room, their faces etched with the weight of decisions that will devastate millions. As they navigate the brutal realities of austerity measures imposed on Greece, the film captures the chilling disconnect between power and humanity. Watching it feels like being trapped in a suffocating web of bureaucracy, where every choice is a moral compromise and the stakes are painfully high.
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.
