Human Capital

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Human Capital

2013

1h 49m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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2,500+ Ratings

The destinies of two families become irrevocably intertwined after a cyclist is forced off the road by a Jeep before Christmas.

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Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, Human Capital offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

the film is so gripping, so mounting in its suspense that even as you struggle to keep together all its intertwining stories, you can't look away.

Sep 2, 2017

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Patrick Z. McGavin

Chicago Sun-Times

The film is further undone by an overwrought ending and toneless conclusion that proves too soft to energize the movie's implied though underdeveloped social critique.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 3, 2015

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi contributes an affecting performance as the rich boy's spiritually bereft mother, whose self-worth has been smothered by luxury.

Apr 2, 2015

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Dan Brightmore

NME (New Musical Express)

Virzi's compellingly bleak analysis attempts to humanise the carnage of capitalism and, though prone to melodrama, will make you consider the sad fact that in some ways we all boil down to the sum of our financial worth.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 26, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Human Capital plays like an icily precise neo-noir, but it's really an acidic black comedy as concerns the overriding selfish nature of humans.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 18, 2019

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John Bleasdale

CineVue

Human Capital stumbles on its blandly predictable, two dimensional characters and the implausible melodrama of its latter stages.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 3, 2019

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KARL O

Enough to keep me interested but left me cold. Some threads I'd like to have seen sown up.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/07/22

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jorge g

Great drama boosted by excellent performances and presented in a unique way, through the use of chapters that reveal the truth little by little. Apart from being a crime mystery, it is also a potent social class and character study. A truly fine film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Judy K

This is a strong, moving film, about a hit-and-run tragedy and the lives of the people involved. The actors are all very real, and Bruni-Tedeschi is so beautiful that she lights up the whole movie. The music is powerful and lends the movie more depth than the rather slight story might have had otherwise. I'm sure it could be analyzed as social comment about the rich, and about the effect of wealth and lack of it, but I just was captured by the depth of the acting and drawn into the world of the people. Highly recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/03/21

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Audience Member

The non-linear narration doesn't really work and the characters quite predictable.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

L'intreccio di due famiglie intorno ad un omicidio stradale è ben orchestrato e ben recitato da personaggi che riescono a distinguersi nonostante qualche cliché eccessivo. Il finale forse è leggermente sbrigativo; comunque ottimo film di qualità.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Nice story presented from three viewpoints. It has been done before but not sure in europe. Very well produced and acted. People here are complex but still choose what is best for themselves and have not too many scrupules. Except maybe the one that provokes the accident, but then again, he provoked an accident that was grave.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Paolo Virzì

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Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Dino Ossola

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Synopsis

The destinies of two families become irrevocably intertwined after a cyclist is forced off the road by a Jeep before Christmas.

Director: Paolo Virzì
Producer: Marco Cohen, Fabrizio Donvito, Philippe Gompel, Benedetto Habib, Birgit Kemner
Screenwriter: Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo
Production Co: Manny Films, Bac Films, Motorino Amaranto, RAI Cinema, Indiana Production Company
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $157.3K
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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