Cleveland Versus Wall Street

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Cleveland Versus Wall Street (2010)

Directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron

Documentary, Crime, Drama · 1h 34m

On 11th January 2008, hired by the City of Cleveland, lawyer Josh Cohen and his team filed a lawsuit against 21 banks, which they held accountable for the wave of foreclosures that had left their city in ruins. Since then, the bankers on Wall Street have been fighting by with all available means to avoid going to court. This film is the story of that trial. A film about a trial that may never be held but in which the facts, the participants and their testimonies are all real: the judge, lawyers, witnesses, even the members of the jury - asked to give their verdict - play their own roles. Step by step, one witness after another, the film takes apart, from a plain, human perspective, the mechanisms of subprime mortgage loans, a system that sent the world economy reeling. A trial for the sake of example, a universal fable about capitalism

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Cast

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Barbara Anderson Elle-même
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Keith Taylor Lui-même
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Michael Osinski Lui-même
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Tony Brancatelli Lui-même
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Frederick Kushen Lui-même
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Kurtis Kushen Lui-même
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Raymond Velez Lui-même

Crew

Director
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Writer
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Director of Photography
Séverine Barde, Julien Hirsch
Editor
Simon Jacquet
Producer
Robert Boner, Philippe Martin

Details

Release date
2010-05-16
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary, Crime, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
France, Switzerland
Production
Les Films Pelléas, ARTE France Cinéma, SAGA Production