This Friday, November 29, the Max platform is putting online its very first documentary series devoted to the Kerviel affair, which shook one of the most important French banks in 2008. The 4 episodes are now available.
It is one of the most resounding financial scandals of recent years: in January 2008, the boss of Société Générale publicly announced an unprecedented loss for the famous French bank: 4.9 billion euros. The name of Jérôme Kerviel, a young 31-year-old trader considered to be the main culprit, then traveled around the globe…
This incredible but very true affair is at the heart of the very first documentary series from the streaming platform Max, entitled Kerviel: Un Trader, 50 Billion, and unveiled this Friday, November 29 to subscribers. Made up of 4 episodes, it looks back step by step on the events, through some archive images, but also and above all very numerous testimonies, some of them previously unpublished!
The first 10 minutes of the exclusive Max series Kerviel: Un Trader, 50 Billion are available for free on YouTube.
A detailed account of the events
On screen, Daniel Bouton, CEO at the time, Luc François, director of the trading room, Corinne Bourset, executive secretary of the trading room, Vincent Vantighem, journalist specializing in the business, and numerous other collaborators and specialists, their memories of this crisis constituting a detailed story full of twists and turns.
Added to their statements is also the version of Jérôme Kerviel, also present in front of the camera, to provide his point of view, returning in particular to his arrival at Société Générale, the years preceding the scandal and the almost addictive nature of his profession. Because people wonder: how could a single man, a novice trader, be able to play more than the bank's own funds?
The series also highlights the way in which the affair was managed internally and the potential consequences it could have had, as stated by Hugues Le Bret, communications director of Société Générale until 2009: repercussions huge impacts on other banks, and the financial system in general, factory closures, a massive increase in unemployment, a real shock wave similar to that of the 1929 crisis…
Whether you are already well informed about the case or have just missed it, these 4 episodes are aimed at all spectators curious to understand the issues.
Discover the documentary series Kerviel: Un Trader, 50 Billion now on Max.
