'Adults in the Room' trivia and fun facts
Adaptation
The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name, 'Adults in the Room', written by Yanis Varoufakis.
More than an adaptation
This movie is not just based on the book of the same title by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Varoufakis recorded almost every Eurogroup (Eurozone finance minister) meeting that he attended and he made these recordings available to Costa-Gavras, along with assorted notes and personal documents from his time as a minister, in order to be used as a basis for the movie
Life ironies
Yanis Varoufakis chose the title ironically from a quote by Christine Lagarde after the Eurogroup meeting on Greek debt in June 2015: "For the moment we are short of a dialogue, the key emergency is to restore the dialogue with adults in the room."
Also theatre
'Adults in the Room' were also adapted for theatre. Stage production at Theater Neumarkt in Zurich had premiere on 27 September 2017.