The Very Poor, Inc. (2000)

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Country: Greece
Genres: Comedy
Release: 2001-01-12
Director: Antonis Kokkinos
Writers: Giorgos Kotanidis , Panagiotis Pashidis
Language: Greek
Stars: Giannis Bezos , Renia Louizidou , Hristos Valavanidis , Dimitris Tzoumakis , Giorgos Kotanidis , Dimitris Kaberidis , Dafni Labroyanni , Vicky Protogeraki , Maria Georgiadou , Sofi Zanninou
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Πάμπτωχοι Α.Ε. (Greece) , Pamptohoi A.E. , The Very Poor, Inc.
Plot: Odysseus is a model employee in Haramis Inc, a large company with an unscrupulous boss, Mr Haramis. When an oil spill puts the boss in a difficult situation, Odysseus gets the blame and he is sent to jail unfairly. In jail, he meets a junkyard dealer and an out-of-work mathematician with a fixation on the chaos theory. The three meet again once out of jail and decide to start a rubbish recycling company, which unfortunately, soon becomes successful enough to challenge the profits of Haramis Inc. Odysseus and his former boss cross swords again and end up in court - The moot point, who owns rubbish? This is an enjoyable movie which is lightweight enough to provide quite a few laughs but also carries a hint of a moral about our consumer society and the enormous problem of waste generation and disposal. Excellent performances by Yannis Bezos and Renia Louizidou, as well by the rest of the well-selected cast complement the film.
IMDB:tt0273937