Director Robert Connolly
Writer Robert Connolly
Producers John Maynard & Domenico Procacci
Cast David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rogers
An Arenafilm Production
The Bank is a 2001 Australian thriller/drama film directed by Robert Connolly and starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia. Jim Doyle (David Wenham) is a mathematical prodigy trying to concoct a way of foreseeing stock market collapses. He’s approached by Centabank CEO Simon O’Reilly (Anthony LaPaglia), who is eager to co-opt Doyle’s potential breakthrough. As an employee of Centabank, Jim works toward his goal, while Simon is under pressure from the board of directors. Meanwhile, a working-class couple with a vendetta pursues legal action against the bank. Inevitably, corruption soon rears its ugly head.