Piigs (2017)

Original title

PIIGS

Directed by

Adriano Cutraro

Genre

documentary film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how austerity policies from the European Union affected countries in Southern Europe. It argues that these policies made the financial crisis worse for Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain.

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What happens

Piigs is a 2017 documentary film by three Italian filmmakers which investigates the causes and the effects of austerity imposed by the European Union on its subject countries, especially in Southern Europe. The film suggests that austerity policies are aggravating the effects of the financial crisis, especially in those countries that economists have called the "PIIGS" (an acronym of Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain)—states that suffered high public debt and weak economies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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