Cleveland vs. Wall Street ( Cleveland contre Wall Street ) ( Cleveland Versus Wall Street - Mais mit dä Bänkler )

Cleveland vs. Wall Street (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cleveland contre Wall Street
Alternate Title: Cleveland Versus Wall Street - Mais mit dä Bänkler
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Surround )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jean-Stéphane Bron

Written By:
Harold Manning
Jean-Stéphane Bron

Actors:
Jean-Stéphane Bron

Synopsis:

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.

A look at a trial in Cleveland, OH where a small town has been shattered by a severe crisis stemming from low-cost mortgages. The mayor blames the big banks in America for the disaster. And two attorneys battle it out in the courtroom for the jury to ultimately decide whether the verdict is guilty or not.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 19 July, 2011.

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