

A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Acting
Gere's trembling hands in the car—career-defining micro-acting.
Writing
Jarecki's debut script knows finance *and* desperation intimately.
Direction
Tight 100 minutes—Jarecki learned from his documentarian past.

Director
Nicholas Jarecki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jarecki interviewed 50+ hedge fund managers for research; one became an investor. The system eats its documentarians.
The film's release coincided with Occupy Wall Street—Gere's Miller became the perfect villain for a moment that didn't need fictionalizing.