The Mayfair Set (1999)

Name: The Mayfair Set
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-11-24T03:35:52+01:00
Rating: 4.12

Documentary | 240 minutes (mini series, 4 parts)

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 240 minuten (mini series, 4 parts)

Alternative title: The Mayfair Set; Four Stories about the Rise of Business and the Decline of Political Power

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Adam Curtis

Starst: and Adam Curtis

IMDb score: 8,2 (574)

Releasedate: 18 July 1999

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The Mayfair Set plot

In four episodes, Adam Curtis chronicles a historical trajectory leading from the breakup of the British colonial empire to the undermining of political sovereignty under Thatcher's rule. Central to this story is a group of rich and powerful men who gamble at the Clermont Club, a luxurious casino in the London borough of Fairmont. These financial pirates were instrumental in the transition from the welfare state to a system in which the market decides the fate of the working class.