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Money, Sex and Power are big drivers in life, yet Money is the Master. What if you take a huge global bank with a cancer ill CEO, and pick his economist deputy to make him the new CEO temporarily? Gabriel Byrne, and Gad Elmaleh, make for fascinating casting choices in this curious film. Can loyalty be enough to learn the duties on the job really fast? Can investors keep him as a puppet to just increase profits by feeding him the "right short term ideas".Is this possible even if some of those ideas come from a powerful hedge fund with a major stake in the bank itself? Maybe, but layoffs certainly help the bottom line, so why not trim the fat, and cut to the bone. Any employees who get cut will find other jobs within the economy, it is not the bank's responsibility. Change is good, if it makes profits for the bank no matter what the "human capital" cost. That is the basic concept, and that is all you need to know.This is really a fable like story about money, power and temptation. Is the root of all evil due to the love of money? The main character finds out in his new role as CEO. Well-known Greek-French Director Costa-Gravras, best known for "State of Siege" in 1972 & "Z", is always looking for a deep story of human meaning, and he found a great one again, the age old theme of money and society.How can you not enjoy a board room of bankers enjoying themselves and mega profits. Dialogue lines like "I am the new Robin Hood; I steal from the poor and I give more to the rich!" work well. Money can be sexy, and can also be deadly. Many market and moral angles are tested, and this film stands well on its own. The script is lead by a very well played comedian/actor from France called Gad Elmaleh who switched his lines between English and French dialogue.This is a well-crafted financial story set in the US & Europe, about corruption, morals and humanity within a sell-side bank dancing with buy-side strings. The hedge fund manager is played by personal favorite Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, (The Usual Suspects) is far from sophisticated. He only enjoys dealing with his "French Frog Friends" if it makes him money, otherwise he drops them. This is a more classic tale of temptation, and the moral compass of any man that sometimes loses direction.The Top 3 Takeaways from this book that really impact any reader are:1) There is a lot to learn about being a CEO once inside. The politics and pressures are rarely known well by outsiders never in the seat.2) The impact of a simple economist into a CEO role can be more than expected if given a chance at power. Absolute power, corrupts absolutely!3) The capital market pressures of investors on financial institutions need to be better understood. Shareholders do own the company in most cases, when the shares go public.This was not a very widely released film in the US, Europe or Asia, but is now easily found on Netflix, HBO and Amazon services. Highly recommended for its wide appeal for the everyman, no need to worry about any financial product or model names. The lifestyle of the 1% with its personal politics, sex, wealth and luxurious lifestyle no matter how hectic, is showed in vibrant detail. Highly recommended!Please visit us for our Friday Feature Review where TMJ Partners Blog will review books, movies, services and anything else with a financial theme. Follow us now for our free TMJ Partners weekly updates on LinkedIn, the home of TopMoneyJobs.com. Thank you for reading and learning more about how money is made in finance!

Bought it for Gad Elamah comedy but found a good drama with something important to say plus a small amount of comedy. Plays on stereotypes that French people have but that is not wrong as there have been many films made from American stereotypes that have been really good also. For Americans, who like light-hearted entertainment this film does come with the original book's thoughts on economics, but don't let that deter you from watching it.Gabriel Byrne's acting was what gave this only four stars out of four as while I usually love his acting it gave away the storyline much to soon in this film (I'm not sure if it was his interpretation of the script or how he was directed to act or his choice or a combination as all three can lead to a role that comes off wrong). Gad Elamah is in a role that is so much more serious and the only real comedy is the turn of events at the end however he does a good job as a serious actor in this role (there are small amounts of comedy throughout, Gad is irrepressible like Jim Carey or Robin Williams, but it is definitely toned down).

This ended up better then I thought. It reminded me how good Coster Gavras is as a political film-maker. Deals with double dealing insider trading of a French bank with duplicitous American connections that has sinister implications for thousands of staff. Sex, money, expensive jetstar lifestyle with supermodels in the life of the rich and famous. The rich stealing from the poor. Very slick film-making and good narrative plotting.Eager to see Coster Gavras new film ADULTS IN THE ROOM dealing with the Greek financial crisis.

A wonderful movie about familiar themes- greed and sex. A young French banking CEO takes over from his mentor, and the plot develops rapidly and intensely. Made by Costa-Garvas, and wonderfully photographed and acted (in French). You will not be bored, for sure. We rented it for $3.99, and felt the "price was more than right!" I won't reveal further details- a fun evening's entertainment, expertly done.

Although better than /Eden a l'Ouest/, this is a hard film to place.Compared to /Z/ or /Missing/, it is completely flat, and it was almost certainly intended to be something like them, attacking the banking system.Which I suppose it does, but not believably.

Very good movie, there are no good guys here. You wind up rooting for which guy is the lesser of two evils.Down turn is no English subtitles.

A Very Good, Informative And Well Done Movie!!!

A masterpiece by Coast-Gavras in flawless case, like a new BD. Very satisfied.

Película que busque mucho tiempo ya que me la recomendaron. Es región 1 así que no sirven mis reproductores para verla, pero use una Lap que había comprado en EUA y se ve con subtítulos en ingles.

Habiendo probado el DVD en distintos dispositivos, este no es legible.Amazon no me da opción de devolución por haber finalizado el periodo de devolución.No he solicitado el cambio con anterioridad porque hasta ahora no he intentado ver la película.

Peli entretenida a pesar de ser un poco lenta. Interesante visión que tenemos de este mundo, al que más o menos ya estamos acostumbrados y nada nos sorprende.

Buena película francesa económica-social.Es una de mis favoritas es la lista económica, junto a Too Big to Fail, Margin Call y Outsider, está última tb francesa.

J'ai été un peu déçue, car je l'avais vu à la télé tout en français et dans cette version la, certains passages n'ont pas été traduits de l'anglais