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Margin Call
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Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss.
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss.
Actors:
Simon Baker,
Mary McDonnell,
Oberon K.A. Adjepong,
Grace Gummer,
Susan Blackwell,
Peter Y. Kim,
Claude Jay
Simon Baker
30 July 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Mary McDonnell
28 April 1952, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Oberon K.A. Adjepong
Grace Gummer
9 May 1986, New York City, New York, USA
Susan Blackwell
Peter Y. Kim
Claude Jay
Director:
J.C. Chandor
J.C. Chandor
Country:
United States
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