Arriving with very little fanfare on Amazon Prime, the Italian TV series
“Devils” is easily the most penetrating narrative drama on “banksters” I
have ever seen. Set mostly on the trading floor of New York London
Investment Bank, an obvious fictional version of Goldman Sachs, it stars
Alessandro Borghi as Massimo Ruggero, who manages the hedge fund group
and is in line to become the next co-CEO. He is opposed by a rival for
the position who views Massimo’s cutthroat tactics as inimical to
British banking’s glorious past, when the bank supposedly served the
average citizen rather than speculators only interested in making a fast
buck. He is not shy about telling Massimo to his face that Italians
don’t belong in leading positions in such an august institution like NYLIB.
This 10-part series is based on the novel “Diavoli” that was written by
Guido Maria Brera, an Italian who worked for a number of years in the
financial industry. His experience help gives the book a palpable
reality of the sort that makes ex-attorney John Grisham novels about law
firms so compelling. Saying that, it is necessary for those viewing
“Devils” to be prepared for financial industry minutiae, especially
selling short—Massimo’s specialty. Showing little concern for the
consequences of its impact, he left behind ruin everywhere he decided to
make profits off ordinary peoples’ losses.
full: https://louisproyect.org/2021/06/18/devils/
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