On Day Eight

Original Title: De achtste dag

90' | 2018 (Completed)

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Director:	Yan Ting Yuen, Robert Kosters
Producer:	Bart Van Langendonck
Writer:	Robert Kosters, Yan Ting Yuen

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Those who held all the power and control take us back to an almost disastrous week in a harrowing hour-to-hour reconstruction about the financial crisis of 2008.

synopsis

The financial crisis of 2008 was a turning point during which the complexity of our financial system manifested itself. It was a web we had spun for more than 30 years, and which had brought us prosperity, larger houses and widescreen televisions. However, it turned out to be a giant house of cards. Starting in the US where the Lehman Brothers fell, the crisis spread like wildfire. Only two weeks later, the crisis infected Europe.On Day Eight is a film about those seven days in 2008, during which all European countries had to work together, despite their differences. Suddenly, every second counted: the next morning, the stock-exchange would open again. Trust became more valuable than money. Unorthodox methods had to be used to save one of Europe's largest banks, Fortis/ABN-AMRO, which was twice the size of Lehman and had the potential of triggering the widely-feared domino-effect of falling banks all over the rest of the European continent and the UK.
In 2008 klapt het Europese financiële stelsel bijna in elkaar. Europese leiders van toen nemen ons mee naar de zeven meest spannende dagen en de reddingsoperatie van Fortis/ABN-AMRO. Vandaag, op de achtste dag, delen ze openhartig hun inzichten, frustraties en angsten. Wat gebeurde er echt in de achterkamers van de macht? En waar staan we nu, tien jaar later?

Credits

Director
Yan Ting Yuen, Robert Kosters
Producer
Bart Van Langendonck
Writer
Robert Kosters, Yan Ting Yuen
Cast
Jan Peter Balkenende, Yves Leterme, Mervyn King, Didier Reynders
Editing
Ralf Verbeek
Photography
Mark van Aller
Sound
Tom Bijnen & Mark Glynne
Music
Michelino Bisceglia

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2018
Production status
Completed
Original title
De achtste dag

Technical specs

Running time
90'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
2.35:1
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub)
Available formats
Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Savage Film

Fabrieksstraat 43
1930 Zaventem
Belgium

T +32 2 711 4291
info@savagefilm.be

www.savagefilm.be

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Journeyman Pictures

High Street 4-6
GB-KT7 0RY Surrey
United Kingdom

T +44 208 398 4616
info@journeyman.tv

www.journeyman.tv

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2018: Nederlands Film Festival (NL)

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Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Netherlands Film Fund, NPO fonds, CoBO, VRT, Mediafonds

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On Day Eight

synopsis

Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Cast

Editing

Photography

Sound

Music

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Technical specs

Running time

Available in

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Available formats

Colour