The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)

6.3/10 118 min Drama

Overview

A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.

Cast

Olga Karlatos

Sofia

George Dialegmenos

Sakis

Dimitris Poulikakos

Nikos

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Giannis

Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Father

Kostas Sfikas

Recommendations

Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Nest
Scandalous Sex
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
My Neighbor Adolf
The Young One
Farming
Pity
The Visit
Little Boy Blue
That Evening Sun
1
Eleanor the Great
El Chicano
Come Sunday
Alex of Venice
Herself
The Kindness of Strangers
Mindwalk
Babylon