The Associate (1996) — comedy film. Directed by Donald Petrie. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 6.2/10 from 244 votes.
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A woman creates a fictional male persona to navigate Wall Street's gender and racial biases, ultimately exposing systemic discrimination.
Comedy · 6.2/10 · 114 min · 1996
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.
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