Team Spirit (film) him in the middle office. This "Secretariat" has the task of accounting for orders placed by traders to the legendary trading floor. The young Jerome Kerviel will learn fast, very fast ... Team Spirit (film) Team Spirit () is a 2016 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Based on the true life story of Jérôme Kerviel, a French trader who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billion. Kerviel was born in 1977 in a small fishing town in
Jérôme Kerviel paid a €300,000 bonus on a declared profit (approximately 0.5%). Family members speaking out say the bank is using Kerviel as a scapegoat to excuse its recent heavy losses. Kerviel was reporting to Eric Cordelle and Philippe Baboulin. Baboulin is now COO of Kepler Capital Markets Geneva. Cordelle has since launched a single malt whisky craft distillery. In answer to the rumors that Kerviel had fled Paris following the discovery of the unauthorised trading, on 2008 Kerviel's lawyer denied that he attempted to disappear and said he remained in Paris to face the accusations. Also on 24 January 2008, Société