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    The Laundromat

    R2019 · Dark comedy · 1h 36m

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  2. Oct 18, 2019 · Movies. Netflix's The Laundromat is Based on the True Story of One of the Biggest Financial Leaks in History. Here's what's true and what's fiction in Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio...

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  3. Oct 17, 2019 · 4. How close Netflix's new film The Laundromat is to the real events of the Panama Papers leak from the Mossack Fonseca law firm has been called into question by a defamation suit brought...

  4. Oct 22, 2019 · In conclusion, ‘The Laundromat’ is very much based on a true story that explores some real-life incidents in a fictionalized manner. The movie attempts to strip down the complicated Panama Papers and reduce them to bullet points so that the viewer walks away with increased awareness about tax evasion and how shell companies work.

  5. Oct 21, 2019 · Soderbergh’s China-set narrative in The Laundromat is based on a true story. In his version, Gu Kailai (Rosalind Chao) and her female aide poison a businessman named Maywood (Matthias Schoenaerts), the result of the man’s on-going threats to implicate Gu’s husband in a scandal.

  6. Oct 21, 2019 · Towards the end of the film, Gu Kailai, a Chinese lawyer and businesswoman, met British businessman Maywood in a hotel room, and the rest is actual history. The movie presents an accurate depiction of the events around this visit, although Maywood's name in real life was Neil Heywood.

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  7. The Laundromat is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh with a screenplay by Scott Z. Burns. It is based on the book Secrecy World about the Panama Papers scandal by author Jake Bernstein .

  8. Sep 27, 2019 · The movie, based on a true story, involves illegal money laundering and legal tax avoidance by way of shell companies; its mainspring is the Panama Papers leak of 2016, which traced tens of...

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