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Movie poster: The Flaw (2011)
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2011 · 78 min Documentary
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing expert Robert Shiller, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and economic historian Louis Hyman, as well as Wall Street insiders and victims of the crash including Ed Andrews - a former economics correspondent for The New York Times who found himself facing foreclosure - and Andrew Luan, once a bond trader at Deutsche Bank now running his own Wall Street tour guide business, the film presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.

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📋 Film Details

Year 2011
Country United Kingdom
Genre Documentary
Director David Sington
Runtime 78 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (12 votes)

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Director David Sington constructs the narrative as a forensic investigation, relying on a clear chain of causality between greed, financial engineering, and systemic failure. He explores the crisis through carefully chosen voices, building a compelling argument rather than a mere collage of talking heads.

What lingers after the credits is a sobering understanding of how abstract instruments fueled real human suffering, and how the pursuit of endless growth ignored fundamental flaws. A vital autopsy of a near-fatal economic collapse. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: David Sington

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