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The Debt (2015)

The Debt poster
Directed by
Barney Elliott
Genre
drama film
Country
Peru, United States, Spain
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American hedge fund banker tries to buy debts from Peruvian landowners. His decisions affect a nurse, a farmer who will not sell his land, and the farmer's son.

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What happens

The Debt (also known as Oliver's Deal or The Deal) is a 2015 thriller drama film written and directed by Barney Elliott. It stars Stephen Dorff, Elsa Olivero, Amiel Cayo, and Marco Antonio Ramirez. Dorff plays an American hedge fund banker whose attempts to purchase the debts of Peruvian landowners affects the lives of several people, including a nurse (Maria), a stubborn farmer who refuses to sell his land (Cayo), and the farmer's son (Ramirez). It is an international co-production between Peru, Spain, and the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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