Human Capital

2013 1h 51m IT

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 961

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Synopsis

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The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Carla Bernaschi
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Dino Ossola
Valeria Golino
Roberta
Fabrizio Gifuni
Giovanni Bernaschi
Luigi Lo Cascio
Donato Russomanno
Giovanni Anzaldo
Luca Ambrosini
Matilde Gioli
Serena Ossola
Guglielmo Pinelli
Massimiliano Bernaschi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paolo Virzì
Writers: Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy, France

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MONEY

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Earned back only 97% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, France.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paolo Virzì, shot by Jérôme Alméras. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carlo Virzì. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Cecilia Zanuso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Valeria Golino carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2465578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Paolo Virzì directs. Jérôme Alméras behind the camera. Carlo Virzì scores. Cecilia Zanuso cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Italy, France. Dialogue in Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 97% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 13 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Italy, France.
4Directed by Paolo Virzì, shot by Jérôme Alméras. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Carlo Virzì. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Cecilia Zanuso shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Valeria Golino carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2465578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jérôme Alméras
Original score: Carlo Virzì
Editing: Cecilia Zanuso
Production design: Mauro Radaelli
Costume design: Bettina Pontiggia
Makeup / hair: Caroline Philipponnat
Stunt coordinator: Franco Maria Salamon
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $5,809,330
Return: 97% of budget
Original language: IT
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: Human Capital (2013)

Awards

David di Donatello for Best Film

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Reno2014-09-11
★ 8/10
Lately I have been watching lots of movies from the book adaptation and here it comes another one. This time an English language novel transformed into an Italian movie. But what I heard is that a few changes were made to bring the Italian flavor. Well, what could I say more, if you know the director you will say he's the right person to make it happen and he did excellently. Recruited the best cast and extracted best out of them. The story of the two families narrated in the different streams when a cyclist got hit by a car on the Christmas eve. So the question has been asked, how did it happen? And who did it? The characters from two families begin to expose their role on that accident night revealing who did what. Dino, a realtor sees an opportunity to get into a big earning league so he decides to invest a large amount on it. Followed by the recession he has to face the reality of business that puts his life on a stake. Carla, the wife of a multimillionaire gives a financial support for the struggling company. Later she has to let it go when her husband's business begins to fall apart. Serena, the daughter of Dino and Massimiliano, son of Carla are the close friends. Their story follows where one of them finds their true love and another one get into sadness for some reason. When all these three episodes concludes the final chapter begins to unveil the truth with a twist. ‘‘I know it does not look much like you, I tend to make things uglier.’’ The story was told in layers which were divided into the four chapters. The story that happened between the particular timeline was repeated again and again with another character's perspective and with different camera angles till truth reveals in the final chapter. As it's still developing the opening was confusing which was the first chapter. Without holding-up in development, it straight goes with the main intention of the theme. If you pass that then the following segments interest you to make you guess the possibilities the suspense it hold. Kind of impossible to predict because of the introduction of the related characters to the particular incident consumed by the three quarters of the film. Which mean twist comes at the latter part which was really a good one. Each character that comes in the different episodes were incredible. Like, for a moment it was unhooked from the rest and centralizes that specific story stream, but the common event holds the story all together. I liked all the main characters, but the character Serena steals the final show. The role who played it was a new face and I kind see a great career ahead of her. (God, she's kind of attractive, hope its not me the only one to say that.) This was one of the recent best neo-noir. If somebody asks, I definitely recommend it. 8/10

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