Lords of Scam
2021 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.9
This documentary follows the rapid rise and dramatic collapse of a fraud scheme that exploited Europe’s carbon quota market for huge profits. As the money pours in, alliances fray and the people behind it begin turning against each other.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Rois de l'arnaque
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-11-03
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (62 votes)
About
If you enjoy true-crime documentaries about audacious real-world cons and betrayals, this should appeal, especially if titles like The Women and the Murderer or Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris worked for you; Not for you if financial scams sound dry.
Pros: stranger-than-fiction story; fast-moving true crime; high-stakes fraud | Cons: limited emotional depth; dense financial details; unsympathetic subjects
Themes
- insurance fraud
- scam
- carbon offset
- carbon trading
- scammer
- documentary
- patent scam
- crime documentary
- carbon neutrality
Cast & crew
Marco Mouly
as Marco Mouly
- AM
Arnaud Mimran
as Arnaud Mimran
Directed by Guillaume Nicloux