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The Laundromat

also known as “Panama Papers,” “A Lavanderia,” “Die Geldwäscherei,” “La lavandería,” “Pralnia,” “Secrecy World,” “The Laundromat: Dinero sucio,” “The Laundromat: L'affaire des Panama Papers,” “Vešomat,” “Το Ξέπλυμα”
MPA Rating: R-Rating (MPA) for language, some sexual content and disturbing images.
Moral Rating: not reviewed
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience: Adults
Genre: Crime Biography Comedy Drama
Length: 1 hr. 35 min.
Year of Release: 2019
USA Release: October 18, 2019 (Netflix)
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Relevant Issues

Off-shore tax scheme to hide the money of some of the world’s richest and most powerful political leaders

Dishonesty

Financial cheating

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Featuring Meryl Streep … Ellen Martin
Gary Oldman … Jürgen Mossack
Antonio Banderas … Ramón Fonseca
Sharon Stone … Hannah
Melissa Rauch … Melanie
David Schwimmer … Matthew Quirk
Shoshana Bush … Rebecca Rubinstein
James Cromwell … Joe Martin
Will Forte … Doomed Gringo #1
Chris Parnell … Doomed Gringo #2
Jeffrey Wright … Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Robert Patrick … Captain Perry
Matthias Schoenaerts … Maywood
Rosalind Chao … Gu Kailai
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Director Steven Soderbergh
Producer Anonymous Content
Grey Matter Productions
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Distributor Netflix
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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A widow (Meryl Streep) investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world’s financial system. A group of journalists unearth 11.5 million files, linking the world’s most powerful political figures to secret banking accounts to avoid taxes.

When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep) begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

Founding partners Jürgen Mossack (Gary Oldman) and Ramón Fonseca (Antonio Banderas) are experts in the seductive ways shell companies and offshore accounts help the rich and powerful prosper. They are about to show us that Ellen's predicament only hints at the tax evasion, bribery and other illicit absurdities that the super wealthy indulge in to support the world's corrupt financial system. Zipping through a kaleidoscope of detours in China, Mexico, Africa (via Los Angeles) and the Caribbean en route to 2016's Panama Papers publication—where journalists leaked the secret, encrypted documents of Mossack Fonseca's high-profile patrons.

Based on Jake Bernstein’ book Secrecy World”

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