The idiot

The idiot

1968 · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy

An engineer is working hard without any substantial effect and he is not taking seriously the persistent remarks of his wife on this. When a businessman, on the one hand, and his company's executives, on the other hand, will try to lure him to serve their conflicting interests in the construction of a new road, the engineer reacts.

Directed by Orestis Laskos · Written by Giorgos Lazaridis

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