The streaming platform Max will launch a captivating documentary series on the Kerviel affair on November 29, diving through numerous testimonies, some of which have been previously unpublished, behind the scenes of one of the biggest scandals in international finance, she said. indicated Monday to AFP.
On January 24, 2008, Société Générale, one of the largest French banks, caused an earthquake by announcing a loss of 4.9 billion euros, linked to fraud by one of its traders, then unknown.
From the initial shock to the media-judicial soap opera that followed, the series “Kerviel: a trader, 50 billion” retraces in 4 45-minute episodes the key events of this story which has become a symbol of the excesses of finance.
Jérôme Kerviel, the only person convicted in this case, reports his version of the facts, as does the bank’s former CEO, Daniel Bouton.
Former employees, journalists, legal and political figures (including former president François Hollande) are also questioned, some speaking for the first time on camera.
This is the case of Maxime Kahn, trader responsible for unwinding (settling) the 50 billion euros of positions taken by Jérôme Kerviel, during the three days when Société Générale tried to curb its losses before the affair broke out. in broad daylight.
Intended as a “major reference documentary”, the series is “obviously impartial, even if Jérôme Kerviel’s point of view is still quite central”, explains Véra Peltekian, vice-president in charge of original productions, to AFP. French by Max France.
The former trader “did not see it, he absolutely did not censor us”, she adds, also saying she is “honored” that former members of Société Générale agreed to speak.
This second original production of Max dans l’Hexagone – after the fiction “A devoted friend” about a false victim of the Bataclan – is “emblematic of our editorial line” which emphasizes contemporary subjects, argues Ms. Peltekian.
Signed by a director from fiction, Fred Garson (“The Dancer”), it fits “sometimes on the borders of the thriller” without this being done “to the detriment of documentary rigor”, she insists. .
Initiated more than two years ago, the project had never yet been revealed to the press “because we still wanted to have as much freedom as possible to contact all the stakeholders”, all of whom were “deeply marked” by this affair. .
