Arbitrage

Robert Miller is a wealthy New York hedge fund manager whose public life looks flawless: a successful career, a loyal wife named Ellen, and a daughter, Brooke, being groomed as his heir. In private, he is in far more trouble than anyone around him suspects. He has spent years concealing fraud at his firm and now needs to sell his trading business to a large bank quickly, before his dealings are exposed. He is also carrying on an affair with Julie Côte, a French art dealer.

As the sale approaches completion, a mistake pulls Miller into a criminal investigation and forces him to seek help from someone he would normally never rely on. Detectives begin circling, and he must weigh his business, his family and his own freedom against one another.

Arbitrage was released in 2012 and marks Nicholas Jarecki's first feature as director, coming nine years before his second, Crisis. Jarecki also wrote the screenplay. The cast includes Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta and Nate Parker. Made for about 12 million dollars, it took roughly 35 million worldwide, a strong return on its budget. On IMDb it holds 6.6 from around 58,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 from about 970 votes. A critics' rating of 7.2 from 168 reviews sits above both audience scores.