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Trader Games

2010 · 85 min

A sleek, high-stakes plunge into market obsession that keeps you tense and uneasy about where the winning streak leads.

Directed by
Fabrice Genestal
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gilles Lellouche, Vahina Giocante, Charles Berling
Overview
A hot young Wall Street trader finds a formula based on climatology to play the market and win big... but at what cost?

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Directed by
Fabrice Genestal
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Gilles Lellouche, Vahina Giocante, Charles Berling
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • greed
  • corruption
  • obsession
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Fabrice Genestal
Written by
Paul Besson, Fabrice Genestal
Starring
Gilles Lellouche, Vahina Giocante, Charles Berling, Michael Madsen, Lisa Ray, Joffrey Verbruggen, François Damiens, Qamar Khokhar
Music
Frédéric Vercheval
Cinematography
Pascal Rabaud
Runtime
85 min
Country
France, Belgium, Canada
Languages
French

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