In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wants to do much about leaving, and he does in fact cross the front threshold of the house with his lover, who is also the maid. However, before he has gotten very far, he is very tired, and goes to sleep where he stands. One of the sons outdoes them all by sleeping literally all the time. He is not in a coma -- he is just very, very lazy and tired. Some critics have viewed this film as a sharply delineated social satire.
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| Directing | Nikos Panayotopoulos | Director |
| Writing | Nikos Panayotopoulos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Albert Cossery | Novel |
| Art | Dionysis Fotopoulos | Art Direction |
| Sound | Nikos Ahladis | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Giorgos Triandafyllou | Editor |
| Camera | Andreas Bellis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marianna Spanoudakis | Production Director |
| Sound | Gustav Mahler | Music |
| Directing | Manousos Manousakis | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mary Koutsouri | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pavlos Mihail | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eleni Alexandraki | Script |
| Camera | Nikos Paizanos | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fani Tabosi | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Sokratis Savvas | Electrician |
| Lighting | Antonis Hristidis | Electrician |
| Crew | Panagiotis Nikitopoulos | Machinist |
| Sound | Andreas Ahladis | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Stavros Partheniadis | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Notis Adam | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Giorgos Stamou | Colorist |
| Sound | Thanassis Arvanitis | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Mihalis Manioudakis | Title Designer |
| Art | Vittorio Pietra | Title Designer |