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… The 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.

Directed by: Jean-Stéphane Bron
Written by: Jean-Stéphane Bron

World Premiere: May 2010 (Cannes Film Festival, France)
Original Version: English (FrenchEnglish), colour, 35mm, 105 min.

Production: Saga Production Sàrl, Les Films Pelléas, Télévision Suisse Romande, SRG SSR idée suisse, ARTE, Canal plus

Cinematography: Séverine Barde, Julien Hirsch
Editing: Simon Jacquet
Location Sound Mix: Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Editing: Benoît Hillebrand
Music: Christian Garcia

World Sales: Films Distribution
Distribution Switzerland: JMH Distributions SA
Distribution France: Les films du Losange

Festivals
2010 | 34th Mostra - Brazil International Film Festival | 22/10 > 04/11/2010
* Selection

2010 | Paris, 8e Paris Cinema International Film Festival, 03.07.2010 - 13.07.2010
* Selection

2010 | La Rochelle, 38e Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, 02.07.2010 - 11.07.2010
* Hommage an Peter Liechti und Schweizer Cineasten

2010 | München, 28. Filmfest München, 25.06.2010 - 03.07.2010
* Sechs Filme aus der Schweiz

2010 | Cannes, 42e Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes, 12.05.2010 - 23.05.2010
* Selection

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