Margin Call · written by J.C. Chandor · 2011

Seth and Will drink at the Soho Grand with other bankers in a forced celebration.

Scene 14 of 76 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 13 min into a 1:36 film

The story so farBefore scene 14

When a junior analyst discovers exposure that could wipe out his investment bank, its executives race to unload the danger on their customers while a veteran executive confronts the price of helping them survive.

Scenes 1–12
The bank’s surviving employees return to familiar routines after firing Eric; Sam manages the floor while his dog is dying.
Just before
Scene 11
Outside the bank, Eric confronts Sarah about his disconnected phone and leaves it on the ground.
Scene 12
Peter declines drinks with Seth, stays late and opens the models Eric left on the portable drive.
Scene 13
Sam sits beside his heavily sedated dog at the veterinary office.
Scene 14
This scene

14INT. THE SOHO GRAND BAR - NIGHT

In a locked off shot SETH and WILL are sitting on a couch staring forward. Figures cross frame and occasionally another banker in the group stops to refill his drink with one of the three bottles in ice buckets on the table in front of them. They are celebrating, but it seems a little forced.