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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Where screenwriters learn the form and logline their screen ideas.
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Like it. Though don?t show the Indian family as very wise, holier than thou bunch. That will be a cliche.
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.
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?