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.
[3] In 2015, following Syriza's victory in the 2015 Greek legislative election, Yánis Varoufákis (Minister of Finance) is tasked by Prime Minister Aléxis Tsípras 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.
'"[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.