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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Human Capital begins at the end, as a cyclist is run off the road by a careening SUV the night before Christmas Eve. As details emerge of the events leading up to the accident, the lives of the well-to-do Bernaschi family, privileged and detached, will intertwine with the Ossolas, struggling to keep their comfortable middle-class life, i...

Directed By: Paolo Virzì

Written By: Stephen Amidon, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 51 m

Human Capital

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary Human Capital begins at the end, as a cyclist is run off the road by a careening SUV the night before Christmas Eve. As details emerge of the events leading up to the accident, the lives of the well-to-do Bernaschi family, privileged and detached, will intertwine with the Ossolas, struggling to keep their comfortable middle-class life, i...

Directed By: Paolo Virzì

Written By: Stephen Amidon, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Virzì

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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47% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Jan 13, 2015
The biggest suspense: As everything gets worse for everyone, will this consummate director's outraged worldview afford anyone any pity? At first you'll seethe — then your heart will ache.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 8, 2014
A slick, stylish drama, Human Capital starts as a class critique wrapped around a whodunit, and though the mystery elements have overtaken the social assessment by the final third, the pic remains an engrossing, stinging look at aspirational parvenus and the super-rich they emulate.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW

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31% Mixed
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75
Dec 8, 2014
Paolo Virzì's Human Capital gives the tired trope of cutting between overlapping stories a welcome shot of adrenaline, using it not just to compare and contrast tangentially related stories, but to show how people caught up in their private dramas can overlook or misinterpret the people around them.
By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 15, 2015
Melding a morality play with a glossy soap, Italy’s Human Capital is a fairly successful balance of entertainment and ideas.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 8, 2014
Shame that the plotting favours narrative intrigue over character depth, creating a film whose message is witnessed rather than felt.
By Simon Kinnear FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 12, 2015
Though it initially shows signs of overcoming its creakiness, “Capital” loses value when its screenwriters try too hard to be clever.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 8, 2014
Although the thriller like approach makes the unveiling of the story intermittently interesting, Human Capital stumbles on its blandly predictable, two dimensional characters and the implausible melodrama of its latter stages.
By John Bleasdale FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Indiana Production, Motorino Amaranto, Manny Films, Rai Cinema, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Lombardia Film Commission, Eurimages, Backup Media
Release Date Jan 14, 2015
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/ilcapitaleumano
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 7 Wins & 19 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 4 Wins & 10 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 7 Wins & 9 Nominations

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