Cleveland Versus Wall Street
Cleveland contre Wall Street
Switzerland / France, May 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
105 min.
- directed by
- Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Written by
- Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Status
- In distribution
On January 11th, 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.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2010
- Original Version
- English (french/english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 105 min.
- Production
- SAGA Production Sàrl, Les Films Pelléas, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E., Canal +
- Producer
- Robert Boner
- directed by
- Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Written by
- Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Cinematography
- Séverine Barde, Julien Hirsch
- Editing
- Simon Jacquet
- Sound Editing
- Benoît Hillebrand
- Music
- Christian Garcia Gaucher
- Location Sound Mix
- Jean-Paul Mugel
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Playtime
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Les Films du Losange
Distribution
Release date: 18.08.2010 - Italy
- Sacher Distribuzione Distribution
- Switzerland
-
JMH Distributions SA
Distribution
Release date: 09.09.2010
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix de Soleure 2011 (Winner)
- Lisbon, International Independent Film Festival Lisboa, Public Award for Best Long Feature Film 2011 (Winner)
- Lisbon, International Independent Film Festival Lisboa, Amnesty International Award 2011 (Winner)
- Munich, Filmfest München, Lobende Erwähnung der Jury "One Future Preis" 2010 (Winner)
- Festival Paris Cinéma, Prix du public 2010 (Winner)
- Paris, Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, César du Meilleur Documentaire 2011 (Nomination)
- Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Documentary Film 2011 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Nyon, 29e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
21.04.2023 - 30.04.2023 -
Buenos Aires, 16° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
02.04.2014 - 13.04.2014 -
2nd Ronda International Film Festival
25.11.2011 - 02.12.2011 -
doc Buenos Aires Muestra Internacional de Ciné
13.10.2011 - 22.10.2011 -
Kaunas International Film Festival
27.09.2011 - 16.10.2011 -
Lisbon, 8th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa
05.05.2011 - 15.05.2011 -
San Sebastian, San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival
08.04.2011 - 15.04.2011 -
Cleveland, Cleveland International Film Festival
24.03.2011 - 03.04.2011 -
Gothenburg, 34th Göteborg International Film Festival
28.01.2011 - 07.02.2011 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2011 - 27.01.2011
-
Montreal, 13e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
10.11.2010 - 21.11.2010 -
27. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
04.11.2010 - 10.11.2010 -
Sao Paulo, 34a Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo
22.10.2010 - 04.11.2010 -
Festival du film de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux
10.10.2010 - 17.10.2010 -
Festival do Rio - 12th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
23.09.2010 - 07.10.2010 -
Bienne, Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie
15.09.2010 - 19.09.2010 -
Festival du Film de Lama
31.07.2010 - 06.08.2010 -
8e Paris Cinema International Film Festival
03.07.2010 - 13.07.2010 -
La Rochelle, 38e Festival International du Film de La Rochelle
02.07.2010 - 11.07.2010 -
Munich, 28. Filmfest München
25.06.2010 - 03.07.2010 -
Cannes, 42e Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes
12.05.2010 - 23.05.2010