Margin Call

Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.

A tense, morally corrosive procedural about institutional complicity and self-preservation during financial catastrophe, driven by ideas and dread rather than action.

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.