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.
Unfortunately the movie The Idlers of the Fertile Valley is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Nikos Panayotopoulos | Director |
| Production | Marianna Spanoudakis | Production Director |
| Sound | Nikos Ahladis | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Albert Cossery | Novel |
| Sound | Andreas Ahladis | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Stavros Partheniadis | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Notis Adam | Still Photographer |
| Art | Dionysis Fotopoulos | Art Direction |
| Camera | Andreas Bellis | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Manousos Manousakis | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Panagiotis Nikitopoulos | Machinist |
| Sound | Thanasis Arvanitis | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Sokratis Savvas | Electrician |
| Lighting | Antonis Hristidis | Electrician |
| Camera | Nikos Paizanos | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Giorgos Triandafyllou | Editor |
| Art | Mihalis Manioudakis | Title Designer |
| Writing | Nikos Panayotopoulos | Screenplay |
| Sound | Gustav Mahler | Music |
| Directing | Mary Koutsouri | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pavlos Mihail | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eleni Alexandrakis | Script |
| Editing | Giorgos Stamou | Colorist |
| Art | Vittorio Pietra | Title Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fani Alexaki | Makeup Artist |