Equity Page #6

Synopsis: Naomi Bishop is an investment banker determined to overcome a previous stain to her professional reputation, which is a challenge in the male dominated financial sector she works in. As Naomi in that spirit makes her move managing a burgeoning new tech IPO, she has to endure not only the condescension of her colleagues, but also her imperious client even as troubling new developments cloud the venture's future. Against that, the probing of a college friend turned Federal investment law prosecutor and the conniving of her double-dealing boyfriend seem to be manageable complications, until a betrayal by a trusted colleague threatens to ruin everything.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Meera Menon
Production: Broad Street Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
R
Year:
2016
100 min
$1,605,197
284 Views


You know, Erin, I've been working

at Remson a very long time.

It might surprise you, but...

...people there

respect my opinion.

[PHONE RINGING AND BUZZING]

- Hi.

- I just got your messages.

What kind of problem

do we have?

Naomi, can you just hang on--

Hang on a sec.

- Erin.

- Hold on.

"Hold on"?

Don't tell me to hold on. I'm your boss.

What the hell happened

this time?

Wait, are you still with Ed?

No-.

I'm at my place.

Okay, so...

Erin, I need to know

what's going on here.

Yeah, sorry.

Yeah, so Ed did let go

of a few people last week.

[OVER SPEAKER]

Yes, that was the recommendation.

And?

I know,

but one of them was Marin.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

She is a liability if she starts making

claims about holes in the network.

I know.

Look, I got her number here.

Marin Gold.

Okay, hang on.

Go.

415-555-0192.

Got it.

Well, Erin,

hasn't this been lovely?

What are you gonna do?

With What?

You fired Marin? Now?

Look, it wasn't my call.

Everything is your call.

But we've got it under control.

She got a very nice severance

and Legal had her sign all kinds of sh*t.

Ed, I am extremely

concerned about this.

- I wish you had consulted me before--

- Hey, Naomi, news flash:

I don't work for you.

I ' m

- Let me tell you something.

These doubts and second-guessing,

I'm getting tired of it.

- We've got orders pouring in?

-Yeah, because I've been doing my job.

But it is also

my job to be thorough.

Oh, yeah?

- I thought it was yourjob to be inspiring.

- You know, Ed--

[PHONE DISCONNECTS]

[SCOFFS]

All right, hungry?

Let's go.

Vi

[FAUCET RUNNING]

Where you been?

Sorry, something came up at work.

[PHONE BUZZING]

[GRUNTING SOFTLY]

[PHONE BUZZING]

Hello.

CORY:

F*** you!

This must be Cory.

I Googled you!

Of course you did.

You're a f***ing prosecutor?

I'm eager to hear more about

your contact with Dr. Sobel.

- You can talk to my lawyer!

- I look forward to it.

[MELANIE SNORING]

SAM:
We both know your client

crossed a line.

CAHN:

Heh. Would you look at him?

He works 80 hours a week.

He's a dad, raises money

for leukemia research.

- I mean--

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Does he plant daffodils too?

Well, he's got no history.

He's never been flagged

by you guys or the SEC.

Are you saying

he doesn't know any better?

I have 6-year-old twins

who know better.

When you, your boss and your friends

decide to sabotage a company...

...when you have information

that Joe Investor...

...couldn't possibly have,

and you use that information...

...to profit while Joe Investor loses 65

percent of his retirement fund...

-...you know better.

- Are you gonna charge my client or not?

That depends.

CAHN:

He's not the one you want.

There are bigger fish at Titanite.

SAM:

That's the point.

And he's willing to cooperate?

[NAOMI CLEARS THROAT]

I'd like to thank you all for your patience

as we've been processing...

...this tremendous surge in orders

from institutional investors.

Our book is closed,

and we have our offering price.

Thirty-five.

We just raised $250 million?

Congratulations.

We'll see how the market trades

tomorrow, but I feel very confident.

- Great, great.

- Good work.

Hm?

Where did you get that pen?

Vi

I don't know.

Big pain in the ass.

H6Y-

H6Y-

Cory and I were taking bets on how much

you'd spend on my birthday present.

To many more.

Nice.

[CHUCKLES]

What are you drinking?

SAM:

Like a porcupine?

Hedgehog, but cute, fuzzy. Get it?

Hedge fund, money hog.

-It's a--

- Yeah, I get it. And Benji took it with him?

CORY:
Yep.

SAM". So what does the hedgehog mean?

CORY:
I don't know what it means.

It's a hedgehog.

These guys just f*** with each other.

Probably doesn't mean anything.

Vi

So, am I done?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

We own you.

[SIGHS]

[PHONE CHIRPS]

[SIGHS]

Vi

[LINE RINGING]

MARI N:

Hello?

Marin, it's Naomi Bishop.

Do you understand

what's happening here?

Cachet can sue you.

No, they said they would

take care of that.

Who? Who did?

Are they paying you?

Marin, you need to tell me who--

I'm sorry, I have to go.

Marin.

[LINE DISCONNECTS]

[SCOFFS]

[LINE RINGING]

WOMAN:

Hello?

Get me a car

to Brooklyn, South Slope.

[HORNS HONKING]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

[SIGHS]

Hi. I'm Naomi.

I'm a friend of Sam's.

Nice shoes.

Is she home?

Come on. I'll get her.

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hello there.

You must be...

...Sophie and...

And William, right?

I don't talk to strangers.

Oh. Right. Yeah.

Well, it's really your friends

that'll stab you in the back, so...

- Hey. Uh...

-Oh.

What's up?

L----

I want you to tell me

what you know...

...about Michael.

Vi

You've been investigating him?

I can't really comment on that.

Somebody leaked a rumor

about my IPO.

We go public tomorrow,

and somebody--

I know.

The tech blogger

who posted the story...

...he's an old friend of Michael's

from Stanford.

It had to be him, right?

Do you think it was?

Look, as far as this IPO goes...

...we have no specific link

to Michael at this time.

Except you.

Wait, are you saying

I gave him information?

I am not saying anything.

I should go.

Naomi, wait. I can help you.

- Okay, did Michael have access?

- He did not get this from me.

Do you understand?

That is not who I am.

F***.

[DOOR OPENS]

Are you tanking my IPO?

Should I be?

Don't f*** with me, Michael.

Don't f*** with me now.

Did you leak this thing?

Is it true?

It doesn't matter if it's f***ing true!

- You know that. Once the rumors start--

- Hey, hey.

Start your own rumors.

Do you know how

to play this game?

What the f***

is wrong with you?

What did you do?

Did you take my phone?

Are you wearing a wire?

What do you think?

Let's take our clothes off

and find out.

Jesus.

It's all just a big game to you, isn't it?

What else is there?

[SIGHS]

Hey, listen,

whatever happens tomorrow...

...you're gonna be fine.

F***, I don't want to be fine!

I was never supposed to be fine!

I was supposed to be

a motherfucking rainmaker.

Vi

[DOOR OPENS THEN SLAMS]

No, that's--

No, that's for PR to handle.

They have a long reach. So...

Hold-- No.

Wait. Hold on.

Tell Ed not to make

a public statement, okay?

I appreciate his enthusiasm, butjust--

Look, wake the f*** up

and call me.

Vi

So this is a big day

for you and your shareholders.

- Absolutely.

-Now, over the last 12 hours...

...reports have surfaced that show

hackers may be attempting...

...to access this secure network.

ED:
So here's the thing.

When people hear...

...the word "hackers,"

they get scared.

We're not scared of hackers.

We employ hackers.

- You employ hackers?

IAN:
What--

Heh. I think

what Ed means is that there's...

...never been a security breach

of our network.

I'd like to take this moment

to personally reassure our investors.

This morning, I uploaded three photos to

my own profile on the Cachet network.

These photos are of a highly

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