Team Spirit | |
Director: | Christophe Barratier |
Producer: | Jacques Perrin Nicolas Mauvernay |
Starring: | Arthur Dupont François-Xavier Demaison Sabrina Ouazani |
Music: | Philippe Rombi |
Cinematography: | Jérôme Alméras |
Editing: | Yves Deschamps |
Studio: | Galatée Films |
Distributor: | Le Pacte |
Runtime: | 117 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Budget: | $8.8 million [1] |
Gross: | $2 million [2] |
Team Spirit (French: '''L'Outsider''') is a 2016 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier.
Based on the true life story of Jérôme Kerviel, a French trader who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion.
Kerviel was born in 1977 in a small fishing town in Brittany. He and his brother were brought up simply by their hardworking parents who were devoted to each other. He earned a master's degree in finance.
In 2000, the Société Générale recruits him in the middle office. This "secretariat" has the task of accounting for orders placed by traders to the legendary trading floor. The young Jérôme Kerviel will learn fast, very fast ...