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An eccentric investment banker resorts to a life of chance making all decisions based on the flip of a coin after losing billions for small investors, but when he descends heavily to a life of crime he must learn to trust his own judgement before he loses those he loves.
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Hi
What genre would this be? The opening suggests a farce but then delving into a world of crime suggests something darker. From reading this I’m more interested as to how he ends up in a world of crime rather than his quirks. Because I don’t know much more about your story it would be hard for me to suggest an alternative structure for your logline; but it sounds like you’ve got a guy who has lost his confidence who needs to find it again in order to get out of a dangerous situation to save his loved ones.
On the other hand, a story about a guy who makes every decision based on the outcome of a coin toss could make for a funny movie in itself.
Hi thanks for the feedback. This is more of a darker thriller. I guess it’s important that he is eccentric as it’s that type of personality (enneagram type 5 if you’re into that stuff) that are more likely to be a genius/successful and when under pressure can realistically become quite obsessive compulsive hence the becoming obsessive with decisions made on coin tossing and living in a world of his own. Basically the guy is a hedge fund trader, loses billions for small investors on the market, a lot of people lose homes and one person commits suicide. It forces him to see that he has become detached from the fact his trading can affect people and doesn’t like being incapable. He meets a lady in a pub she encourages him to live a life of chance to avoid responsibility, i.e. make all decisions based on the flip of a coin. It descends into bad choices and a life of crime, all the while under encouragement from this female. It turns out in the end it is the wife of the guy who commits suicide and lost everything she owned so he has to learn to gain back his confidence and make decisions on his own.
How about something like:
Bitterly disillusioned after losing billions of dollars in the stock market with the computer trading algorithm he wrote, a math genius decides to live by the flip of a coin.
Thanks so much for your help, I love this suggestion.