TALKING MONEY

A look behind the scenes of modern banking: from Bolivia to Pakistan, Benin to Switzerland, we take a look at 15 confidential meetings between bank customers and bank consultants.

People on all continents meet their bank consultants. A personal business relationship evolves: questions are asked, opinions expressed, doubts discussed and decisions reached. The consultation table is a stage for confessions and masquerades, a place where values are negotiated and currencies exchanged. Isn't it strange to discuss highly personal financial matters with a person you barely know? Straight from the consultation room, viewers experience almost first hand 15 individual meetings between customers and consultants, from Bolivia to Pakistan, from Benin to Switzerland. Filmed entirely from the bank’s side of the table, the film projects a collective image of customers being trapped by an invisible net. The film highlights the conflicting interests of the two sides in the prevaricating language they each use, allowing viewers a fascinating look behind the scenes of modern banking. At the end of the film, you can almost feel the global power of money in your bones.