All language subtitles for I love dollars (1986)

Anyone else?

Double 6, double 5...

Are you asleep?

Double 1 with 5...

3 million dollars done...

...90.75...

ABN Amsterdam
- 35 and out.

Find a new one.

Do you have 70 dollars Paris?

90 round...

Round is out.

70 dollars-marks.

Find dollars-guilders.
- ABN Copenhagen.

3.59.95

I don't know yet.

...95.10...

...work it out!

Dollars finished.

These 2 million are Hamburg,
aren't they?

...95.10...

Offer closed!

Scanners.

This is Burleson, developing
the industrial applications.

There is medicine.

Healthcare, Laser for Medicine.
- That's important?

Healthcare is very important.

Laser for Medicine
which makes use of lasers.

It was taken on the Space Shuttle.
They did tests.

Then there's General Electric...

...which produces scanners,
defence materials...

...fighter engines.
They're very good shares.

Exxon has received
214.7 million dollars...

...from the Ministry of Defence.

Then we have Pratt and Whitney...

...that's General Electric again.

They're all defence contracts.

Le Clerq speaking.

Good afternoon.

I'll explain the principles to you...

...so that you know
what you're getting involved in.

As you know, the futures market
is different...

...from the spot market, because
the risks are greater.

I'd appreciate being allowed
to explain...

...to avoid misunderstandings later on.

With gold you have two possibilities.

Gold is fascinating, isn't it?

It has been, for as long as people
have been on earth.

Gold is something people resort to...

...in times of anxiety and tension...

...under threat of war, as we've seen
recently in the Middle East.

If there's any tension, gold rockets.

Could you say that people trading gold
are speculating on that tension?

Certainly. Trade reacts to
these tensions.

I think that money, capital, gold...

- it's a question of greed,
undoubtedly -

...are the only things for which you can
wake people in the middle of the night.

If you say: I have news for you...

...about money or gold, they're
wide awake, ears pricked up.

If I ring late about anything else,
I'll be in trouble.

That reflects the sentiments...

...that keep people's minds occupied
all the time.

I had the feeling that gold...

...was somehow involved with death.
People get killed for gold.

One moment, we're busy.

Yes, people kill for gold.

I think more people have been killed
for gold, and of course passion...

...in any case, things to do with sex.

But I do think that lots of people
have been killed for gold or money.

These universal sentiments about gold
come about...

...because the market is so fast.
That's the whole gamble.

We're in a "short" period
at present.

The gold price had dropped
from around 800 dollars...

...to 430 to 435 dollars an ounce
in April 1983.

We were on our way down
to 410, 405...

...when the problems
with South American countries started.

They couldn't even pay
the interest on their debts.

Brazil threatened a moratorium.

That meant it would unilaterally
stop repayments.

At that time there was a threat
of a currency crisis.

So the gold price rocketed.
In 20 minutes, it shot up 27 dollars.

A large number of small investors
world-wide...

...were swept out of the market
with huge losses.

You like talking about money, don't you?
You sound enthusiastic.

Yes, it's like crossword fanatics...

...who will do anything to get
all the squares filled in.

We try the same, but we can't...

...because in spite of all the science
it's still largely guesswork.

There are so many external factors
over which you have no control.

They can ruin your whole strategy.

And then you have to re-think
your whole approach.

But you like the tension.

Yes. The sport is to adapt
as quickly as possible...

...and to reach your investors...

...to explain the new approach to them
and get them to use it.

You compared it to a crossword puzzle.

But reality is in the background.

Harsh reality.
- Which changes things.

Can you see the link?

I try and adopt politics...

...in my financial-economic approach.

In what respect?

Directly. At the moment there are
arms talks going on in Geneva.

Many economic factors are directly
dependent on them.

In the worst case: assume the talks
break down and there's no agreement.

Then there will be a
"bearish" response...

...world-wide, in industry too.

That leads to further tension,
increased defence spending...

...and increased pressure
on the dollar market.

Enormous forces want Star Wars.
That's also money.

I think that it's a development
that will continue.

It's an expression of power.
- The power of money.

Of course. It's related to spheres of
influence, free enterprise...

...a policy much of the world
doesn't have.

It's a question of markets.

Take China's overtures to the West.

It's a huge market, hence
money, and power.

If that were to lead to Star Wars...

...would you have sleepless nights?

I don't really think it
will lead to wars.

If people know that
the threat is there...

...they will make sure
it doesn't happen.

What is your conclusion?

The only conclusion I draw...

...is to try and develop
an investment philosophy.

One which is advantageous.

The whole world takes part, not
just the multi-nationals.

Everyone is trying to scramble
up the tower of power.

That means acquiring capital.
It's as simple as that.

Money is power. It means
you can buy things.

You can direct people positively
and negatively.

But you can only direct people
poorer than you.

Richer people have already made it.

That's why everyone tries
to come out on top.

But the road to the top
keeps getting narrower.

There are victims at every level.

You get satisfaction, but you
see the results.

People at the core will be the victims.

I don't feel so involved
with the facts.

You feel involved when you see
the pictures in the news...

...but the film pictures
are still abstract.

It isn't like being on the spot.

Madam, did you have to fight hard
for this restaurant?

You want to know if I had to fight?

Well, it's mainly the cooking.
I cook to survive...

...to feed my children
and to pay off my debts.

When did you start?

In 1970, 1971. Yes, '71.

Was it difficult?

No, because I can cook well.

In Puerto Rico I made snacks to sell
in the street, with my mother.

When I came here I started
to work in a factory.

But I had pains all over.

A friend arranged for me
to work in a restaurant.

The place was owned by a man
who was in prison.

He had rented it to a friend of mine
who asked me to cook for him.

When the man was released, my friend
had to give the restaurant back.

I was in terrible trouble...

...because I had to get money
to buy this restaurant.

I borrowed money from my brother...

...and here I am. The
restaurant is mine.

Hello Mum, how are you?

Fine, a bit tired.

We won't work next Saturday.

All the better. A day off.

What's on the menu today?

Well, white rice...

...rice with beans, fried cutlets,
French fries...

...fried chicken, fricassee...

...fried meat...

Everything to order.
Whatever they want.

We should sell a lot of that.

Ladies and gentlemen, we're near
4th Street, by Adela's Restaurant.

She always contributed
to our collections...

...for the paralysed children
of Puerto Rico.

Tomorrow we are going
to take the money...

...to the TV charity show for Puerto
Rican paralysed children.

I ask you for a peso, a dollar...

...for Puerto Rican children.
They need it.

Because China changed its
economic system...

...exporters now work without
government control.

They compete with each other
by cutting prices.

Chinese state firms in Hong Kong
suffer as a result.

Our correspondent reports.

Every day, 6,000 pigs are
exported to Hong Kong.

250 dollars!

The other one costs 130. Shall
I wrap this up for you?

130 dollars.

130 dollars?

Take your pick.

Do you want this one?
- Of course.

Call a doctor, at once!

Your honour, have mercy on her.
She's all alone.

Whatever happens to her later,
give her guidance.

Don't worry.

You are certain to die...

...but I shall take your daughter
as my godchild.

GOD OF THE EARTH

BLESSINGS FROM THE
HEAVENLY LORD

33! Not 35!

Special offer.

Fillet it.

Kill it.

No don't. It isn't as nice steamed.

Buy this.

No, it's so poor.

I wish you wealth...

...happiness and fortune.

What does this cost?

One dollar.

3.50 dollars.

No, 13.50 dollars.

I thought it was cheap.

I thought 3.50.

And a shallot, too.

3.50 for the lettuce.

Your low prices were enough
to make me happy.

Oh, the shallots.

WE WISH YOU A WEALTHY NEW YEAR

Harry, 2000 for Melchers.
- Got it.

Hans, stable 6.20.
- OK.

We'll buy at 80.
Kees, your rate?

80.6 negotiable!

Oil is 80.6 negotiable.

The price is up a bit.
I have oil at 90... 70!

1,000 for you at 70!

The dollar please... 6.5.

Buying 1,000 oil at 6...

1,000 for me at 6.

And 2,500 for Melchers.

And ehm... How is that?

2, 2, 3...

Plus eight.

Opening is 6.80.

Here's Amsterdam's opening.

Royal Dutch Shell: 46 7/8...

Unilever 93 3/4, Philips...

You think this is a great profession?

Fantastic. I compare it to someone
who ended up in a circus by chance...

...and who has become so addicted
that he can't do without.

It's so stimulating, and every
day is so different.

It's so varied... I couldn't imagine
having to live without it.

Good God, answer the phone.

Hello Jacques.
2 at 80. Round.

Are you interested? It's up to you.
OK, bye then. He's out.

1,000 round for me.
1,000 at .20 for you.

1,000 round for me.
- 1,000 at .10 for you.

1,000 round for me.
- 1,000 at .10 for you.

A client once told me to buy
without restrictions.

I'll never do that again
because at that moment...

...I was the only one buying Shell
at the Amsterdam Exchange.

All the others were against me.

I was overloaded and a few
minutes later I heard...

...that war had broken out
in the Middle East.

I was scared to death.

That's five exactly.

The staff of King Do
pharmaceuticals...

...wishes you a wealthy New Year.
We wish you riches.

The sports desk wishes you
a wealthy New Year.

What are you doing?

It hurts.

Come and sit down.

First the soup.

Big boy!

Eat slowly. It's New Year!

Come and sit here.

Hand me the red chair.

Mummy will feed you.

Delicious.

The chicken is very tender.

I want a mushroom.

One mushroom for you.

I told you to keep away from the window.
What happens if you fall?

Pull out the table.

The children need a bath.

70,000 people from Hong Kong...

...went to China for New Year.

330.

22 to 10.

2, 3, 6 and 10.

That's all?

50.

10.

80, 90.

700 dollars.

You can place your bets now.

Are you betting on two horses?

Horses numbers 5, 5 and 7.

The computer is overloaded.
Please wait.

1, 2, 6 and 10.
Every bet is ten dollars.

How are you, Mother?
This is Mei Lan.

Oh, Mei Lan, how are you?

Mother, I would like to see you.

I'm about to go out.

Come to 227 Andy Road after ten.

Andy Road?
- Do you know the way?

Yes, I know. It's agreed.

I read somewhere that one person
costs 408,000 DM.

But that's a few years ago now.

700 more at 80!

Sold!

80.

He wants 26 and we offer 25.80,
so...

Those 20 cents, that's the sport.

I must make it up to you.
I want to ask you to dinner.

That isn't necessary.

Why not?

We call it 'going short'.

We can sell something
we haven't got.

We sell what we haven't got, then
buy it back later for less.

From the annual report of the Hong Kong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation:

Chile. Four offices.

Our Santiago office continued
to do well...

...despite the poor economic
circumstances.

Let there be silence for a boy.

Here he is in Mr Koekendorp's
class...

...in a T-shirt...
(sign of the new era)...

...which he wrested from his mother.

My mother wanted me to wear
a collar and tie.

I was fascinated by the
girl next to me.

I wanted to be engulfed by her
and live with her forever.

Only years later could
I express such desires.

Together with other boys I
threw her to the ground...

...and saw her undies
and her smooth legs.

We used to play by the monument
to General van Heutsz...

...an old colonial butcher.

We, too, had to become men one day.

There were fountains put up
where a child could drink.

Between then and now, half the world's
forests have been cut down.

A price that had to be paid
for economic growth.

But the fountains are still there.

What happened this week?

Some central banks have been
selling dollars...

...at the right time. So the
dollars dropped sharply.

Without us. Without
major trading.

The risks of holding dollars
were too great.

Is it the greatest drop
since World War II?

It's the biggest drop since
nobody knows when.

What did it feel like for you?

Well, we're just spectators.
We can't do anything about it.

It may be sensational but it's
not pleasant, really.

Why unpleasant?
- Panic trading never works out.

It costs lots of people money.
That's not nice.

People lose money?
- Yes, I'm afraid they do.

CALVIN'S CHAIR
1535

Is this where it happened?

Yes, this house was built
in the 18th century...

...on the site of the old monastery
that stood next to the cathedral...

...where the people of Geneva
congregated.

In this monastery,
on May 21st, 1536...

...the Reformation was adopted.

There is a well-know theory
that says that capitalism...

...also has its origin
in the Reformation.

What do you think of that?

There is certainly a relationship...

...between some aspects emphasised
by Calvin's Reformation:

Such as each person's responsibility...

..and his work and his place in life
as the vocation of man.

And the fact that...

...Protestants acquired riches...

...and thereby contributed
to the rise of capitalism.

But I don't think you can argue...

...that capitalism was a result
of the Reformation.

People have sought links:
the individual, for instance...

Yes, the fact that everyone
must answer to God.

If I consider that my work
is my vocation...

...and if I do that well,
I get richer...

...does God reward me more
the richer I am?

That argument can be queried.

So we have different interpretations
of the same text, the same idea.

Yes, for instance, the Old
Testament could argue...

...that riches are seen
as God's blessing.

What do you think of that?

I think that in the New Testament...

...you could say that poverty
is a sign of God's blessing.

But that's easily said
if you are not poor.

That's true.

I believe that now people
are more and more aware...

...that social justice is
an expression of love.

Or you could say there
is no true love...

...if there is no justice
between people.

But that argument has
political consequences.

Yes. Because I believe
that in the Gospel...

...nothing is more political than love.

Madam's role is very important
in the process.

She checks every print
after soldering.

Her role is important because
she uses only her eyes.

It's a visual check...

...comparing the print with a
pattern in front of her.

She has a great reputation,
hasn't she?

Her role is very important...

...and I am always amazed
at her dexterity.

She is better at it than
a machine would be.

Immigrant, immigrant,
immigrant...

My father came here
to find work.

My brothers and I
were sent here to school...

...to learn French.

My father and my mother
are at work...

...and I'm at school here.

Do you like it here?
- Yes.

It's nice to be here
and to learn French.

I live alone with my father.

My brother and sister are
at school in Yugoslavia.

In the month of June, my mother
is going to bring them here.

I think that I can go to a regular
school in September.

When we came here
my father said:

Watch out for the police.
Watch out for them.

So we were always afraid
of the police.

Your fathers all have Permits A.

Under Swiss law you then
have no right to be here.

No legal right.

What is a Permit B?

It allows you to go to school
and to work.

Permit B allows you to work here
and to live in peace...

...and to go to a normal school.

Is it different from Portugal?

I prefer Switzerland to Portugal.

Why?
- Why? Because it's more beautiful.

Cleaner?
- More beautiful.

Do you want to stay here?
- Anywhere but Portugal.

I would rather go to America.
To New York.

We've been living here for
two years. We sleep here.

Joao and Victor sleep over there.

And the eldest on a mattress
in the kitchen.

To rent a flat you have
to pay a huge deposit.

Your employer must be guarantor.

A Permit A holder needs his
employer's guarantee.

If he agrees, we get a flat.
If he doesn't, we don't.

Can you stay here next year?
- I don't know.

My boss hasn't renewed my contract.
It was a nine-months contract.

If he doesn't will you have
to leave the flat?

We can't even come to Switzerland
without a contract.

We can't do anything about it.

The bosses decide and
the government.

We are powerless.

That's how it is.

If we can't live in Portugal...

...we must look elsewhere
in the world.

If you have a Permit B
your wife can join you.

Without one, the children
can't go to school.

They need a Permit B
to go to school.

What's it like being here illegally,
with your children?

We feel like thieves or murderers...

...because we've got to stay
in hiding...

...like criminals. We were more free
in Portugal. Here, we must hide.

It's difficult.

Some men keep cool in those
first nine months.

Others lose control and
move in with a woman.

They leave their wives and children
in Portugal...

...and get divorced on the spot.

As I said: They get into trouble
and they are weak.

Many marriages are wrecked
that way.

All over the world.

Those are the conditions
for immigrant workers.

We are...

I don't know how to say it.

We are nobody and nothing here.

Economic power has been
displaced twice.

First from the southern world
to Northern Europe.

That was when Calvin
and his followers...

...made Geneva into
one giant monastery.

But without the sharing of
possessions.

Later on, power moved away from
Europe...

...to the West and the East.

But the threads of the old web
are still taut...

...with Geneva, like a spider,
in the middle.

Lots of money arrives in Geneva...

...earnt in miserable circumstances.

One may live among the elite
of a poor country...

...and siphon off 1 or 2 millions of
the 100 million the country borrowed.

Or one is paid from abroad for
importing certain weapons.

Or one charges tax on every
glass of water drunk.

It's hot there.

That kind of money often
arrives in Geneva...

...and Geneva passes it on...

...to the East and the West
where it rapidly multiplies.

For instance, in factories
with fewer and fewer workers.

These things are said
but no one knows.

It's as if one lived
100 years ago...

...while being frantically busy
with the present.

The population is not allowed
to look behind the facades...

...but helps to keep them clean.

Geneva has always been
a crossroads.

And now all the banks
are located here.

Something intrigues me:

The Third World has gigantic debts...

...while new centres of production
are created.

That's not a new development.

You can regard money as a product
which you can sell.

Just like debts may be
saleable products.

A country may have debts...

...but may be interesting for investors,
Brazil for example...

...as a long-term proposition.

You can trade the debts
to help others invest.

But how does that work?

Well, a trader doesn't give away
all his secrets...

...but people who have a claim
against a country like Brazil...

...may sell it to others who
are prepared to invest.

So someone else takes over
the debts?

Someone buys the debt and can
use it to invest in Brazil.

Local cash is made available
by a credit note.

What if Brazil can't pay? That's
what intrigues me a bit.

Brazil cannot repay in one go
its 102 billion dollar debt...

...but it can always
pay back something.

Most countries like Brazil,
Venezuela and all the others...

...are still paying the interest
on the debt.

So you don't have to write off
the debt.

You just have to have reserves
in your books...

...depending on the country
you're working in.

But it doesn't have to be written off.

A well-known US banker once said:

"I don't want the loans paid off...

...because I'd just have to find
other borrowers."

The problem with developing nations...

...is that they may have
the raw materials...

...but they're handicapped
by their large populations.

But the industrial nations
have their welfare systems...

...which makes them expensive
to produce in.

If manufacture is expensive...

...you have to look for somewhere
cheaper...

...with a significant home market.

That happened in Asia, in Hong Kong
and in Singapore.

That is still happening in Japan...

...where the production costs are still
lower than in Europe or America.

You then have a home market of...

...around 500 million people
in Asia, excluding China.

The same could happen
in South America.

Brazil is setting up industries. They
have to find work for those people.

Information is crucial.
The banking industry...

...concentrates on
financial information.

The banks must also be informed
very quickly, so that they have...

...an added advantage...

...so they can serve the clients better
and earn more.

An advantage for one person means
a disadvantage for another.

Yes, it's always a struggle
for a market share.

And there are many players.

That must also be the attraction,
the sport you might say.

Fighting is always interesting
if you win.

Losing is not much fun.
- Does it happen?

Unfortunately it does.

You all win and you all lose,
that's clear.

It's part of the game. You
have to put up with it.

But if you take bigger risks you
also have a better chance...

...of an important transaction.
- Make more money, you mean?

It may be possible, but we
can't say too much yet...

...that the assets
frozen in countries...

...with droughts and famines
such as Ethiopia and Sudan...

...where food aid is provided by
the Red Cross and other bodies...

...things can be arranged
in such a way...

...that the frozen assets belonging
to banks and companies...

...are used in that way.

Food and goods can then be bought
with local currencies.

More can be bought that way and
the money can be paid abroad...

...after consultations
with the central banks...

...to the Red Cross or
other organisations.

Here, for instance.
- A bank can get in on the act.

Because the bank knows
several of the parties...

...and can channel information...

...so it acquires the right
to earn money.

And a pound of strawberries.

Strawberries. Cherries.

Without stones.

Thanks, dear.

There you are. Who's next?

Who's next? Tell me...

My dear ladies, let your hearts sing.

They make you blush.

You want a pound, too, dear?

I FEEL SO LONELY

IF ONLY I HAD SOMEONE
TO LOVE

The American dollar price
plummeted world wide.

In Holland by 17 cents.

It follows the decision of the 5 major
industrial nations, taken in Washington...

...to join forces and
push the dollar down.

The news from the US caused nervous
scenes on the foreign exchanges.

European and Japanese currencies
increased in value.

The consequences for
the Third World...

The Bank for International
Settlements states...

...that in the year 1984
the Third World...

...paid twice as much money into the
International Banks as it received.