In 2008, the global economy is ravaged by its worst crisis since 1929, and a young trader, Jérôme Kerviel, is accused of triggering the first and most extravagant financial scandal to rock the markets worldwide. The massive banking loss of nearly 5 billion euros is discovered at Société Générale, with Kerviel, a 31-year-old employee, being fingered as the culprit. Despite being hired as a simple clerk eight years prior, Kerviel's meteoric rise to trading floor stardom, earning him the nickname "the cash machine," belies the staggering question: how could he secretly gamble with 50 billion euros alone?
Team Spirit
A trader's meteoric rise to fame is brutally halted by a devastating collapse amidst the 2008 financial meltdown.
