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Based on the international bestseller by rock-star economist Thomas Piketty (which sold over three million copies worldwide and landed Piketty on Time's list of most influential people), this captivating documentary is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on today’s growing inequalities. Traveling through time, the film assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews of some of the world’s most influential experts delivering an insightful and empowering journey through the past and into our future.
Original Release
09/12/2019
US Release
07/03/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vanessa Redgrave | Self - protester |
Michael Douglas | Gordon Gekko |
Ronald Reagan | Self |
Daniel Huttlestone | Gavroche |
George W. Bush | Self |
Margaret Thatcher | Self |
Kate Williams | Self - Professor of History, University of Reading / Self |
Gillian Tett | Self - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times / Self |
Joseph Stiglitz | Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University / Self |
Ian Bremmer | Self - President and Founder, Eurasia Group / Self |
Directors
Writers
Thomas Piketty, Justin Pemberton, Matthew Metcalfe
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vanessa Redgrave | Self - protester |
Michael Douglas | Gordon Gekko |
Ronald Reagan | Self |
Daniel Huttlestone | Gavroche |
George W. Bush | Self |
Margaret Thatcher | Self |
Kate Williams | Self - Professor of History, University of Reading / Self |
Gillian Tett | Self - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times / Self |
Joseph Stiglitz | Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University / Self |
Ian Bremmer | Self - President and Founder, Eurasia Group / Self |
Rana Foroohar | Self - Associate Editor, Financial Times / Self |
Suresh Naidu | Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University / Self |
Francis Fukuyama | Self - Political Scientist / Self |
Lucas Chancel | Self - Co-Director of World Disparity Research Institute / Self |
Paul Piff | Self - Social Psychologist, University of California, Berkeley / Self |
Gabriel Zucman | Self - Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley / Self |
Simon Johnson | Self - Former IMF Chief Economist (2007-2008) / Self |
Paul Mason | Self - British Journalist / Self |
Bryce Edwards | Self - Political Scientist / Self |
Thomas Piketty | Self / Self - Author |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Johan de Faria | Producer |
Yann Le Prado | Producer |
Catherine Madigan | Producer |
Matthew Metcalfe | Producer |
Donna Pearman | Producer |
Gilles Walger | Producer |