Human Capital () is a 2013 Italian thriller film directed by Paolo Virzì. The film is based on the American novel Human Capital by Stephen Amidon. For her performance in the film, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was awarded Best Actress at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Plot summary The film is set in a town in Brianza and in Milan. On Christmas Eve, a waiter cycling home from working at a prestigious private school gala is hit by a car. The driver flees, leaving the waiter lying in the street badly injured. The waiter is hospitalized and close to death. The next day, two well-known families' lives are connected by the incident.
Filming locations Even though the story is set in a town in Brianza, most of the urban scenes were filmed in February 2013 in the cities of Varese. Principal photography began on 18 February 2013 and lasted eight weeks. and Como, in the countryside of Osnago in the Province of Lecco and in Arese for the villa with the swimming pool. The beautiful villa of the Bernaschi Family is located in Fortunago, a medieval village in the Province of Pavia.
Cast Fabrizio Bentivoglio: Dino Ossola Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Carla Bernaschi Fabrizio Gifuni: Giovanni Bernaschi Valeria Golino: Roberta Morelli Matilde Gioli: Serena Ossola Guglielmo Pinelli: Massimiliano Bernaschi Luigi Lo Cascio: Donato Russomanno Giovanni Anzaldo (it): Luca Gigio Alberti: Giampi Bebo Storti: Inspector Michael Sart: Jean Louis, Bernaschi's assistant Silvia Cohen: Adriana Crosetti Gianluca Di Lauro: Fabrizio, the cyclist Paolo Pierobon, Luca's uncle
Reception Critical response Human Capital holds an 81% rating and a weighted average of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews, with the consensus being, "Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, Human Capital offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics.
Awards and nominations Awards Award Category Recipients and nominees Result69th Silver Ribbon Awards Best Director Paolo Virzì Best Producer Indiana Production, Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto Best Screenplay Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì Best ActorFabrizio Bentivoglio e Fabrizio Gifuni Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Best Scenography Mauro Radaelli Best Editing Cecilia Zanuso Best Sound Roberto Mozzarelli Guglielmo Biraghi Award Matilde Gioli 59th David di Donatello Awards Best Film Paolo Virzì Best Director Paolo Virzì Best Script Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì Best Producer Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto Best Actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Best Supporting Actor Fabrizio Gifuni Best Supporting Actress Valeria Golino Best Cinematography Jérôme Almèras Best Production Design Mauro Radaelli Best Costumes Bettina Pontiggia Best Make-up Caroline Philipponnat Best Hairstyling Stéphane Desmarez Best Editing Cecilia Zanuso Best Sound Roberto Mozzarelli Best Score Carlo Virzì Best Song Giacomo Vaccai e Jackie O'S Farm Best Special Effects Effetti Digitali Italiani (eng: Italian Digital Effects) Youngs' David Paolo Virzì 54th Globi d'oro Best Film Paolo Virzì Best Script Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo Best Actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Crystal Globe Paolo Virzì 50th Chicago International Film Festival/http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival/2014-schedule/film/?id=65 Gold Hugo for Best International Feature Paolo Virzì Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction Mauro Radaelli 41st Flaiano International Prizes Golden Pegasus Award for Best Director Paolo Virzì 37th Denver Film FestivalKrzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best FeaturePaolo Virzì34th Hawaii International Film Festival EuroCinema Hawai'i Award Paolo Virzì EuroCinema Hawai'i Best Actress Award Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 29th Ciak d'oro Best Director Paolo Virzì Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Best Supporting Actor Fabrizio Gifuni Best Supporting Actress Matilde Gioli Best Costumes Bettina Pontiggia Best Screenwriter Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì Best Sound Roberto Mozzarelli, Emanuele Chiappa and Alessandro Orlando Best Editing Cecilia Zanuso Best Music Carlo Virzì Best Movie Poster Riccardo Fidenzi and Maurizio Rubens 27th European Film AwardsBest Director Paolo Virzì Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 25th Stockholm International Film Festival Open Zone Award Paolo Virzì 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival Best International Film Paolo Virzì St. Louis Film Critics' Joe Pollack Best Feature Award Paolo Virzì 22nd Raindance Film Festival Best International Feature Paolo Virzì 15th Ghent International Film Festival Canvas Audience Award Paolo Virzì 12th Tribeca Film Festival Best Actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Best Narrative Feature Paolo Virzì 4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival Ischia Italian Movie Award Paolo Virzì, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Marco Cohen Ischia Italian Director Award Paolo Virzì
See also List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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