Human Capital (2013 film)
2013 Italian film
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Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) is a 2013 Italian thriller film directed by Paolo Virzì.[1] The film is based on the American novel Human Capital by Stephen Amidon.[2] For her performance in the film, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was awarded Best Actress at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.[3] It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[4]
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Francesco Piccolo
Francesco Bruni
Stephen Amidon (novel)
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Fabrizio Bentivoglio
- Valeria Golino
- Fabrizio Gifuni
- Luigi Lo Cascio
- Giovanni Anzaldo
- Matilde Gioli
- Guglielmo Pinelli
- Gigio Alberti
- Bebo Storti
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| Il capitale umano | |
| Directed by | Paolo Virzì |
| Written by | Paolo Virzì Francesco Piccolo Francesco Bruni Stephen Amidon (novel) |
| Produced by | Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib |
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| Cinematography | Jérôme Alméras |
| Edited by | Cecilia Zanuso |
| Music by | Carlo Virzì |
Production companies | Indiana Production Company, coproduced by Rai Cinema and Manny Films |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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.[5] and Como, in the countryside of Osnago in the Province of Lecco and in Arese for the villa with the swimming pool.[6] The beautiful villa of the Bernaschi Family is located in Fortunago, a medieval village in the Province of Pavia.[7]
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."[9] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics.[10]
Awards and nominations
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| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards[11] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| Best Producer | Indiana Production, Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | Won | ||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio e Fabrizio Gifuni | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Nominated | ||
| Best Scenography | Mauro Radaelli | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won | ||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Won | ||
| Guglielmo Biraghi Award | Matilde Gioli | Won | ||
| 59th David di Donatello Awards[12] | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | ||
| Best Script | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | Won | ||
| Best Producer | Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Valeria Golino | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Jérôme Almèras | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Mauro Radaelli | Nominated | ||
| Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | Nominated | ||
| Best Make-up | Caroline Philipponnat | Nominated | ||
| Best Hairstyling | Stéphane Desmarez | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won | ||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | Won | ||
| Best Score | Carlo Virzì | Nominated | ||
| Best Song | Giacomo Vaccai e Jackie O'S Farm | Nominated | ||
| Best Special Effects | Effetti Digitali Italiani (eng: Italian Digital Effects) | Nominated | ||
| Youngs' David | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | ||
| 54th Globi d'oro | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| Best Script | Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Nominated | ||
| 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[13] | Crystal Globe | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| 50th Chicago International Film Festival[14][15] | Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction | Mauro Radaelli | Won | ||
| 41st Flaiano International Prizes[16] | Golden Pegasus Award for Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| 37th Denver Film Festival[17][18] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| 34th Hawaii International Film Festival[19][20] | EuroCinema Hawai'i Award | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| EuroCinema Hawai'i Best Actress Award | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won | ||
| 29th Ciak d'oro[21] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Matilde Gioli | Nominated | ||
| Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenwriter | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì | Won | ||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli, Emanuele Chiappa and Alessandro Orlando | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | Won | ||
| Best Music | Carlo Virzì | Nominated | ||
| Best Movie Poster | Riccardo Fidenzi and Maurizio Rubens | Nominated | ||
| 27th European Film Awards[22] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Nominated | ||
| 25th Stockholm International Film Festival[23] | Open Zone Award | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival[24][25] | Best International Film | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics' Joe Pollack Best Feature Award | Paolo Virzì | Won | ||
| 22nd Raindance Film Festival[26] | Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | |
| 15th Ghent International Film Festival[27] | Canvas Audience Award | Paolo Virzì | Won | |
| 12th Tribeca Film Festival[3] | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Won | |
| Best Narrative Feature | Paolo Virzì | Nominated | ||
| 4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival[28] | Ischia Italian Movie Award | Paolo Virzì, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Marco Cohen | Won | |
| Ischia Italian Director Award | Paolo Virzì | Won | ||