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Human Capital (2013 film)

Human Capital (Italian: Il capitale umano) is a 2013 Italian 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]

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

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Reception

Critical response

Human Capital holds an 81% rating and a weighted average of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 67 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Jay Weissberg (14 April 2014). "Tribeca Film Review: 'Human Capital'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. ^ Charles, Ron (9 April 2014). "Film version of Stephen Amidon's 'Human Capital' a hit in Italy". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Gordon Cox (24 April 2014). "Tribeca Film Festival: Israeli Film 'Zero Motivation' Scores Two Awards". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Oscars: Italy Selects 'Human Capital' for Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Virzì svela il "Capitale Umano" E Varese è subito protagonista". La Provincia di Varese. Varese. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ^ ""Il capitale umano", Virzì mette a nudo l'élite: "Ecco gli italiani schiavi del denaro"". Repubblica. Milan. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ^ "A Fortunago le riprese del nuovo film di Virzì". 4 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Stasera in tv: "Il capitale umano" su Rai 3". Cineblog.it. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. ^ Human Capital at Rotten Tomatoes
  10. ^ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/human-capital?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
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  13. ^ "Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Human Capital". kviff.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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  24. ^ "12 movies to see this weekend at the St. Louis Film Festival : Entertainment". stltoday.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  25. ^ "Awards | www.cinemastlouis.org". cinemastlouis.org. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  26. ^ "Human Capital | Raindance Film Festival Raindance Film Festival". raindancefestival.org. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  27. ^ "Il capitale umano - Awards - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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