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Capital in the Twenty First Century

Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.

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Justin Pemberton

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GFC Films,Upside Télévision

Awards

1 nomination

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Gordon Gekko

Michael Douglas

Self - protester

Vanessa Redgrave

Self

Gavroche

Daniel Huttlestone

Self

Self

Margaret Thatcher

Self - Professor of History, University of Reading

Self - U.S. Managing Editor, The Financial Times

Self - Director of Labor and Social Research Center

Self - Political Scientist

Francis Fukuyama

Self

Self - President and Founder, Eurasia Group

Self - Associate Editor, Financial Times

Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Self - British Journalist

Self - Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Joseph Stiglitz

Self - Political Scientist

Self - Former IMF Chief Economist (2007-2008)

Self - Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

Self - Social Psychologist, University of California, Berkeley

Self - Co-Director of World Disparity Research Institute

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Self - Associate Editor, Financial Times Self - Professor Of Economics, Columbia University Self - Professor Of History, University Of Reading

MALE REPORTER:
...promise from the authorities - Capital in the Twenty First Century

MALE REPORTER: ...promise from the authorities

Differences between capitalism
and communism is so strong - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Differences between capitalism and communism is so strong

FEMALE REPORTER: On the streets
of East German cities, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

FEMALE REPORTER: On the streets of East German cities,

MALE REPORTER: Security
police dragged individuals - Capital in the Twenty First Century

MALE REPORTER: Security police dragged individuals

♪ Cristal, Maybach - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ Cristal, Maybach

♪ We didn't come from money - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ We didn't come from money

- ♪ And we'll never be royals
- ♪ Royals - Capital in the Twenty First Century

- ♪ And we'll never be royals - ♪ Royals

WOMAN: In the 18th century,
life for the poor is grim. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WOMAN: In the 18th century, life for the poor is grim.

Everyone else is
a hand-to-mouth laborer, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Everyone else is a hand-to-mouth laborer,

And of course there
were no benefits, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And of course there were no benefits,

And what's very striking is
the average life expectancy - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And what's very striking is the average life expectancy

MAN: At the time, what capital
really looks like is - Capital in the Twenty First Century

MAN: At the time, what capital really looks like is

You have a guy that sits in a
fort and basically claims taxes - Capital in the Twenty First Century

You have a guy that sits in a fort and basically claims taxe...

And we sort of know
what that looks like - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And we sort of know what that looks like

Really, with what I get
from these peasants, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Really, with what I get from these peasants,

Oh, I keep forgetting, Gabelle, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Oh, I keep forgetting, Gabelle,

You think that one person
is as good as another -- - Capital in the Twenty First Century

You think that one person is as good as another --

He gets everything --
he gets the money, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

He gets everything -- he gets the money,

These land-owning men,
these first sons, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

These land-owning men, these first sons,

And as a consequence,
they are driven by a desire - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And as a consequence, they are driven by a desire

And this is the way that
the aristocracy worked, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And this is the way that the aristocracy worked,

The examples that
Thomas Piketty has - Capital in the Twenty First Century

The examples that Thomas Piketty has

WILLIAMS: Mr. Darcy, for
example, in Pride and Prejudice, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: Mr. Darcy, for example, in Pride and Prejudice,

This land just creates
money for him. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

This land just creates money for him.

CHARLOTTE: Miserable he may be, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

CHARLOTTE: Miserable he may be,

- LIZZIE: Tell me.
- CHARLOTTE: 10,000 a year, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

- LIZZIE: Tell me. - CHARLOTTE: 10,000 a year,

WILLIAMS: Jane Austen
created a fantasy - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: Jane Austen created a fantasy

But the reality is there's
no way a Mr. Darcy would marry - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But the reality is there's no way a Mr. Darcy would mar...

He would marry an heiress,
possibly even a cousin, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

He would marry an heiress, possibly even a cousin,

WILLIAMS: Money marries money.
There's nothing to do with love. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: Money marries money. There's nothing to do wi...

And what we see now, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And what we see now,

In Britain, inherited wealth
is everything... again. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

In Britain, inherited wealth is everything... again.

Nowadays, 1% of the population
owns 70% of our land. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Nowadays, 1% of the population owns 70% of our land.

♪ I've been broke all my life - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ I've been broke all my life

♪ Oh, I done worked
all my life ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ Oh, I done worked all my life ♪

The way the elite stays in power
and passes on their privilege - Capital in the Twenty First Century

The way the elite stays in power and passes on their privile...

♪ How does it feel
to be ri-i-ich? ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ How does it feel to be ri-i-ich? ♪

The problem is that
extreme inequality - Capital in the Twenty First Century

The problem is that extreme inequality

Because if you have
a situation where an elite - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Because if you have a situation where an elite

WILLIAMS: In the French
Revolution, the banner is - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: In the French Revolution, the banner is

But yet within
a tiny amount of time, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But yet within a tiny amount of time,

♪ This is the land
that fought for liberty ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century

♪ This is the land that fought for liberty ♪

WILLIAMS: What we see
in the late 18th - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: What we see in the late 18th

It replaces the work
of people's hands with machines, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

It replaces the work of people's hands with machines,

This makes goods faster,
it standardizes them, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

This makes goods faster, it standardizes them,

Capital's no longer this fixed
thing that's your land - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Capital's no longer this fixed thing that's your l...

You finally figure out that
you can expand your own factory - Capital in the Twenty First Century

You finally figure out that you can expand your own factory

And that's kind of what
capitalism in its modern form - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And that's kind of what capitalism in its modern form

But the gap between wages and
productivity is substantial, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But the gap between wages and productivity is substantial,

British master and servant law
meant that it was a crime - Capital in the Twenty First Century

British master and servant law meant that it was a crime

And, you know, this is
getting actively used - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And, you know, this is getting actively used

MAN: This whole idea developed
around escaping the Old World - Capital in the Twenty First Century

MAN: This whole idea developed around escaping the Old World

When the new world countries
were being set up -- - Capital in the Twenty First Century

When the new world countries were being set up --

And that's why a lot of these
people wanted to get out - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And that's why a lot of these people wanted to get out

It was this idea of moving
beyond the class system, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

It was this idea of moving beyond the class system,

It wasn't a political movement,
by and large. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

It wasn't a political movement, by and large.

And very quickly it was the
wealthy that started dominating - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And very quickly it was the wealthy that started dominating

NAIDU: If you're a white man
in sort of, like, 1800-ish, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

NAIDU: If you're a white man in sort of, like, 1800-ish...

You've got this wide-open
frontier; it's filled with land. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

You've got this wide-open frontier; it's filled wi...

But the big constraint
on your production - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But the big constraint on your production

So if you're
a small family farmer, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

So if you're a small family farmer,

But if you're a slave owner, you
can basically go to New Orleans, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But if you're a slave owner, you can basically go to Ne...

And you're again able to
take the profits from that - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And you're again able to take the profits from that

But also being a slave owner
didn't just mean that you had - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But also being a slave owner didn't just mean that you ...

So if you, basically, are
looking to lend to somebody - Capital in the Twenty First Century

So if you, basically, are looking to lend to somebody

WILLIAMS: It's no good
speeding up production - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: It's no good speeding up production

So fashion fuels the
Industrial Revolution. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

So fashion fuels the Industrial Revolution.

By the 19th century, the cult
of fashion is all-encompassing. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

By the 19th century, the cult of fashion is all-encompassing...

Even working class women
are trying to stay in fashion. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

Even working class women are trying to stay in fashion.

The idea that, "You can't wear
that. That's from last season," - Capital in the Twenty First Century

The idea that, "You can't wear that. That's f...

They think,
"Well, it's still working, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

They think, "Well, it's still working,

And the industry that accelerates the fastest - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And the industry that accelerates the fastest

In the 18th and 17th century, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

In the 18th and 17th century,

It wasn't really
about present-giving; - Capital in the Twenty First Century

It wasn't really about present-giving;

But by the mid-19th century,
we have the Christmas cracker, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

But by the mid-19th century, we have the Christmas cracker,

People are bankrupting
themselves - Capital in the Twenty First Century

People are bankrupting themselves

NAIDU: Just as you were getting
all these new technologies - Capital in the Twenty First Century

NAIDU: Just as you were getting all these new technologies

It's actually this period
of enormous conflicts, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

It's actually this period of enormous conflicts,

And the overwhelming use
of the US Federal Army - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army

And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army

And similarly, today,
we have this whole - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And similarly, today, we have this whole

And so it's generating, again, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And so it's generating, again,

ARCHIVE: In Berlin,
the Germans know the hour - Capital in the Twenty First Century

ARCHIVE: In Berlin, the Germans know the hour

NAIDU: There's like a cultural
militarism that's happening - Capital in the Twenty First Century

NAIDU: There's like a cultural militarism that's h...

ARCHIVE: The warlord is
ceaseless, indefatigable, - Capital in the Twenty First Century

ARCHIVE: The warlord is ceaseless, indefatigable,

WILLIAMS: The British Empire
was so powerful; - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: The British Empire was so powerful;

And Germany, in particular,
wanted a piece of the cake. - Capital in the Twenty First Century

And Germany, in particular, wanted a piece of the cake.

NAIDU: A lot of these
new capitalists - Capital in the Twenty First Century

NAIDU: A lot of these new capitalists

So particularly in Germany,
you have these Junkers - Capital in the Twenty First Century

So particularly in Germany, you have these Junkers

WILLIAMS: Britain and the Allied
powers take on Germany - Capital in the Twenty First Century

WILLIAMS: Britain and the Allied powers take on Germany

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Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.

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Director: Justin Pemberton

Writer: Thomas Piketty, Justin Pemberton, Matthew Metcalfe

Production: GFC Films,Upside Télévision

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 70/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Apr 2020

Awards: 1 nomination

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