Arbitrage (Film)

Arbitrage is an American film drama from 2012 by Nicholas Jarecki (writer and director) starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, and Brit Marling in the lead roles.

Action

Robert Miller is a successful hedge fund manager and millionaire. He currently is negotiating the sale of its investment company. However, the sale is for the time being is not reached, since the buyer James Mayfield playing for time. After his birthday party, Robert tells his wife that he must again go to the office. However, he goes to his lover, the art dealer Julie Cote.

When investing in a copper mine, Robert Miller has speculated and lost a lot of money. To plug the holes and beautiful with its balance sheets for the company's sales, Robert has borrowed from his business partner Jeffrey Greenberg 412 million U.S. dollars. However, this is getting impatient because he has to wait longer than agreed on the repayment of his money.

At a dinner with potential buyers Robert is stalled again and the sale is still not completed. Instead, he reported his daughter Brooke Miller, who works in his company that she has stumbled upon some inconsistencies.

Robert promises his lover Julie to come to the opening ceremony of its first art exhibition, where he appeared but only after some considerable delay. Julie is then mad at him. Robert leaves shortly after his arrival back the exhibition and drives home. However, in the middle of the night he reappears at the home of Julie to apologize. He can persuade her to go with him to his house in the country. On the night journey, but Robert falls asleep at the wheel of Julie's car and the car rolls over. Robert can free himself from the car, Julie, however, did not survive the accident. Robert is afraid that his relationship with Julie is known by the accident and he that his family and the planned sale of his company at risk. To conceal his involvement in the accident, he calls Jimmy Grant, so this pick him up and drive home. When the police find the car accident, she immediately suspected that Julie is not driven the car itself and the driver has removed from the accident site.

The policeman Michael Bryer also interviewed Robert Miller on the death of Julie, as his company Julie has financially supported. Over the phone call from a public phone finds the police Jimmy Grant. Det Bryer suggested that Jimmy has picked up in the night Robert from the accident site, and wants to prove the involvement of Robert. However, Jimmy makes this assertion.

Brooke Miller finds out that the books of the company are manipulated. She confronts her father and so she finally told Robert all about the loss of money and the manipulation of the books. Brooke is then very disappointed by her father.

Robert finds out that Mayfield in the sale of playing for time because it of the purchase price is too high. He meets Mayfield finally in a restaurant and the two successfully negotiate the sale. Robert sealed the sale finally with a hand- written contract on the restaurant menu.

Det Bryer is meanwhile Jimmy with a fake photo of the car from a toll station under further pressure. He threatens him with a long prison sentence for obstruction of justice. To prevent a lawsuit against Jimmy, Robert is planning to introduce themselves. As the forgery of the photos is recognized, however, the planned indictment against Jimmy is dropped, and the investigation was against him.

Robert's wife finally revealed to him that for a long time she knows of his affair. It demands of him that he writes all of its assets to a charity fund, otherwise it threatens to give evidence to the police that her husband on the night of the accident was not at home but injured until the early hours of the morning and light has come home. Robert would then be brought to trial for his involvement in the accident.

After the completion of the acquisition undergoes James Mayfield of the balance sheet manipulations in Miller's company. To save face, he covers this, however. In the end, Robert Miller is awarded to a charity event as a generous donor.

Reviews

" Arbitrage is a watchable thriller that does not rely on cheap thrills, but on realism. Jarecki makes his screenplay that there is always something going on and so almost no lengths are recorded. The actors are great, and despite the lack of proper sympathy carrier to stay tuned until the end to it. The only straight 33-year Jarecki, it is definitely going to keep in mind. "

" Well played, and quite clever thriller about the influence of money, greed and power. However, the film offers little new, covers some topics too superficial and leaves to be desired on the voltage level above. "

Publication

The film was shown in January 2012 as part of the Sundance Film Festival and was released on September 14, 2012 in the American cinema. In Austria, the film was launched on February 15, 2013 in theaters. In Germany the film was not in the cinema.

At the box office, the film grossed a worldwide approximately 32 million U.S. dollars.

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