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A remorseless investment banker is fired and, in a twist of fate, taken in by the family whose Indian restaurant business he helped bankrupt in a recession. Forced to work as a bus boy to make ends meet, he learns the errors of his ways.
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Not bad, just a little cheesy in an old-fashioned way. Old-fashioned as in “Sullivan’s Travels” or “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
You can definitely tighten it more by using the formula:
“When hired by an unsuspecting Indian restaurateur whose previous business he destroyed, a ruthless but fired investment banker must …”
Learning the errors of his ways is the inner journey. What is thenouter motivation that drives his actions?
Agree with giannisggeorgiou.? Loglines are about the intentional outer journey toward a desired objective goal, not the unintentional inner journey toward an undesired, unsought lesson that must be learned.
Like it. Though don?t show the Indian family as very wise, holier than thou bunch. That will be a cliche.