Greed

classified 15
Film

Please note: This was screened in March 2020

Director
Michael Winterbottom
Cast
Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Asa Butterfield, Shirley Henderson
Details
104 mins, 2019, UK
Primary language
English

Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, The Trip) returns with this sharp-tongued satire on corporate greed starring Steve Coogan.

Sir Richard McCreadie (Coogan) is a self-made billionaire whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the high streets and the catwalks, but after a damaging public enquiry, his image is tarnished. To save his reputation, he decides to bounce back with an extravagant "Roman Empire"-themed 60th birthday party (complete with fake colloseum, togas, and a real lion) on Mykonos, where Syrian refugees have inconveniently landed on the beach. As a biographer (David Mitchell) covers the preparations, horrendous truths are revealed, and long-standing animosities threaten to derail everything...

A scathingly funny farce, Greed is a biting and brilliant look at the grotesque inequality of wealth in the fashion industry - it will make you think more carefully about the clothes on your back.


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