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Margin Call
Why this pick
Its financial-world setting, procedural clarity, and morally compromised decision-makers offer the same chilly view of wealth, denial, and consequences unfolding behind closed doors.
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MOVIE2017 2h 13m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 2008, stockbroker, investment advisor and financier Bernie Madoff made headlines around the world when he was arrested for perpetrating perhaps the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert De Niro
Bernie Madoff
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ruth Madoff
Kristen Connolly
Stephanie Madoff
Nathan Darrow
Andrew Madoff
Steve Coulter
Martin London
Geoffrey Cantor
Ostrow
Marta Milans
Waitress
Kelly AuCoin
Agent Ted Cacioppi