FAIR PLAY
Writer-director Chloe Domont’s feature debut is a Wall
Street for the #MeToo era. A finance drama set in the merciless milieu of hedge
fund managers, the film stars Phoebe Dynevor (TV’s Bridgerton) and Alden
Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) as a couple whose secret romance is tested
by a workplace where success is a zero-sum game.
Emily (Dynevor) and Luke (Ehrenreich) lead a double life. In
one, they’re madly in love, share a cozy apartment, and plan to marry. In the
other, they’re purely platonic colleagues working for One Crest Capital, where
worker intimacy is a violation of company policy. When Emily is given the
portfolio-manager role Luke had coveted, their private and public relationships
become equally strained. Luke must work under Emily as her analyst, and finds
himself in a position where even a moment’s hesitation can result in his
fiancé’s advancement or humiliation. Already faced with proving herself within
a traditional boy’s club, Emily is also forced to contend with the amorous
advances of her superior. She’s trapped in a high-wire act where anyone might
ascend the ranks or be brutally exiled — depending entirely on whether they
bring in the money. (USA, 2023, 113
mins, R, English | Dir. Chloe Domont)
