While keeping his unemployment from his wife a man prevents a crime. His lies grow as he becomes a local hero.

Hi, I'm guessing the protagonist is engaged in an internal conflict on a journey to become a better person. If this is the case, then it could work better as a novel rather than a film. Internal struggles in cinema tend to be the province of writer-director auteurs.

Okay, his life suddenly has meaning.??But that's not a dramatic problem?.???What dramatic problem arises from his becoming a local hero?? ?Well, for one thing, isn't he going broke?? Isn't that a ticking clock on his 'meaning filled life'?? He can't hide that from his wife indefinitely.

What proactive?life changing decision does he make as a result of becoming a local hero?

Okay, his life suddenly has meaning.??But that's not a dramatic problem?.???What dramatic problem arises from his becoming a local hero?? ?Well, for one thing, isn't he going broke?? Isn't that a ticking clock on his 'meaning filled life'?? He can't hide that from his wife indefinitely.

What proactive?life changing decision does he make as a result of becoming a local hero?