This film is making its way around Citi!!

Directed by Citigroup trading analyst Julia Sun (Cornell '06). Co-starring Citigroup trading analyst Julia Xu (Princeton '06) and broadway actor David Christopher. Shot with 16mm negative on Arriflex with professional crews from the New York Film Academy, NYU Tisch, and Columbia.

Certainty (2007), an H2O FILMS production - Can you afford to live your dream? Or would you rather go for a brightly lit route that is conventional and secure? Between certainty and volatility, people often choose the former... Which one is yours?

This film doesn't talk to ibanking or trading directly, but it's worth your attention from the first to the last second. Hope it's a story that you can relate to. It can also show you what analysts can do other than being an excel monkey.

11 Comments
 

I liked that. It was losing my attention but about 2/3rds of the way through it redeemed itself. I know a few people who still pursue their artistic hobbies even while working at banks. That is something that I have been thinking about. After a 70+ hour workweek is there any energy left to pursue something that makes you happy or do you just crash and sleep?

 

that was depressing, boring, and overall just plain dull.

Everyone on this board is now dumber after watching it. I award them no points, and may God have mercy on their souls.

 

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