Capital

Name: Capital
Genre: Drama
Released: October 25, 2013
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Céline Sallette, Gabriel Byrne, Gad Elmaleh, Liya Kebede, Natacha Régnier

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: October 25, 2013 | R

Starring: Céline Sallette, Gabriel Byrne, Gad Elmaleh, Liya Kebede, Natacha Régnier

Summary: When the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by DittmarWhen the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule, erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim, and adversaries with an agenda for destruction.… Expand

Director: Costa-Gavras

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 114 min

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Ella Taylor

Oct 25, 2013

Costa-Gavras' film excels as a meticulously researched procedural that goes deep into the grime of greed, deception and cynical exploitation. But it is also a wickedly clever character analysis of a man more divided against himself than his preternatural calm suggests. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Oct 4, 2013

Costa-Gavras develops such a propulsively suspenseful pace — with no small assist from Armand Amar’s mood-enhancing Euro-tech score — that his drama comes across as the cinematic equivalent of an engrossing page-turner you might purchase off the rack at an airport newsstand. Read full review

Deborah Young

Oct 4, 2013

A film that lingers in the memory in spite of being rather irritating to watch. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Oct 21, 2013

While the film is persuasive and detailed in its depiction of financial corruption, it’s also essentially a two-hour lecture, dry and academic. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Oct 25, 2013

Sex is plentiful, but the lust is for paydays. This is territory covered far more vibrantly in “Margin Call,” yet director Costa-Gavras (“Z,” “Missing”) still has good, old-fashioned indignation to count on. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Oct 23, 2013

The imagery is cliché, and therefore ineffective; the characters don’t seem to operate in the world of finance, but in the world of financial thrillers. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Oct 24, 2013

Its indictment of capitalism is so shrill and one-note that it may just as easily set off fits of giggling, because its characters are so ridiculously evil. Read full review

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Broyax

Jan 20, 2017

Un film à charge contre le capitalisme omnipotent, une critique lucide et intelligente du système vérolé jusqu'au trognon. De quoi devenir un enfoiré de communiste, tiens ! c'est la luuuuutte finaaaale... ouvriers de tous les pays, unissez-vous... et... travailleurs, travailleuses, on vousUn film à charge contre le capitalisme omnipotent, une critique lucide et intelligente du système vérolé jusqu'au trognon. De quoi devenir un enfoiré de communiste, tiens ! c'est la luuuuutte finaaaale... ouvriers de tous les pays, unissez-vous... et... travailleurs, travailleuses, on vous ment, on vous spolie... et je... Pardonnez-moi, une rechute passagère, Camarade. La nostalgie n'est plus ce qu'elle était. Même les communistes sont devenus capitalistes (Merde in China rulez). Retourne bosser 15h par jour dans ton usine-dortoir à fabriquer des iphaunes et ferme ta gueule.

Costa-Gavras à la manoeuvre n'est pas un débutant et tient la barre sans faillir. Le film reste clair et sait garder le tempo sur le sujet souvent (mal) débattu et insondable des magouilleurs patentés et diplômés, des requins de la finance et autres enfants de putain (les banquiers). Ce n'est pas un documentaire rasoir qui se contente de dénoncer, c'est un vrai film.

Les acteurs donnent le meilleur d'eux-mêmes, les actrices également. Mentions spéciales à Bernard Le Coq et Hippolyte Girardot sans compter le toujours vert Gabriel Byrne ! Par contre, Gad machin est une erreur du casting, il patauge et se débat dans la gadoue, toujours peu convaincant. Quel dommage ! pour un peu il ruinerait le film... virez-le ! Son personnage est pourtant bien étudié, cynique et désabusé à nager en eaux troubles avec tous ses amis... les requins.

Un film édifiant en tout cas... et qui remue les méninges.… Expand

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jeremyp

Feb 11, 2016

An unsophisticated, vapid look at Wall Street, with Gavras' politics on his sleeve. Difficult to follow, with little to offer educationally, it depicts the world of high finance through the lens of a far left radical way past his prime. Most puzzling is a pointless side story involving aAn unsophisticated, vapid look at Wall Street, with Gavras' politics on his sleeve. Difficult to follow, with little to offer educationally, it depicts the world of high finance through the lens of a far left radical way past his prime. Most puzzling is a pointless side story involving a super model that telegraphs it's agenda from the outset.… Expand

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TVJerry

Nov 4, 2013

A young exec (Gad Elmaleh) is named CEO of a large French bank and must navigate an array of adversaries, including an American hedge fund headed by Gabriel Byrne. Most of the scenes feature old white men plotting and threatening each other, with an unnecessary side trip to a frustratedA young exec (Gad Elmaleh) is named CEO of a large French bank and must navigate an array of adversaries, including an American hedge fund headed by Gabriel Byrne. Most of the scenes feature old white men plotting and threatening each other, with an unnecessary side trip to a frustrated erotic attraction. While director Costa-Gavras (best known for "Missing" & "Z") manages to maintain a modicum of interest, this indictment of capitalism lacks much that will anyone doesn't live in that world will care about. French with subtitles.… Expand

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