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Human Capital
Human Capital

7.5

Human Capital

NR·2013·111m

Summary

The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Carla Bernaschi

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Dino Ossola

Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

Roberta

Fabrizio Gifuni

Fabrizio Gifuni

Giovanni Bernaschi

Luigi Lo Cascio

Luigi Lo Cascio

Donato Russomanno

Giovanni Anzaldo

Giovanni Anzaldo

Luca Ambrosini

Matilde Gioli

Matilde Gioli

Serena Ossola

Guglielmo Pinelli

Guglielmo Pinelli

Massimiliano Bernaschi

Gigio Alberti

Gigio Alberti

Giampi

Bebo Storti

Bebo Storti

Ispettore

Paolo Pierobon

Paolo Pierobon

Zio Davide

Silvia Cohen

Silvia Cohen

Adriana Crosetti

Gianluca Di Lauro

Fabrizio, il ciclista

Stefano Fiorentino

Stefano Fiorentino

Amico e socio di Bernaschi

Fulvio Milani

Fulvio Milani

Altro amico di Bernaschi

Vincent Nemeth

Vincent Nemeth

Avv. Gérard Pierret

Francesca Lancini

Florence, assistente di Bernaschi

Nicola Centonze

Jean-Louis, assistente di Bernaschi

Pia Engleberth

Pia Engleberth

Sig.ra Ester

Isabelle Tanakil

Isabelle Tanakil

Sig.ra Pierret

Luca Toracca

Luca Toracca

Don Alberto, il preside

Riccardo Andreotti

On. Giancarlo Busdraghi

Silvia Degrandi

Silvia Degrandi

Telecronista

Bernardino Sassoli De Bianchi

Vicenzo, l'autista

Franco Maino

Franco Maino

Sig. De Marchis

Claudio Giombi

Maestro Gismondi

Federica Fracassi

Federica Fracassi

Rosanna Bertoncelli, critica teatrale

Alessandro Betti

Alessandro Betti

Assessore

Alberto Ricchi

Alessandro Crosetti

Francesco Ricchi

Fabiano Crosetti

Cesare Gallarini

Altro cameriere

Saman Anthony

Saman Anthony

Capo cameriere

Enrico Ballardini

Agente di polizia

Marco Merlini

Vigile urbano

Alessandro Milzoni

Francesco Alberici

Anna Lazzeri

Marie Rose Bertolazzi

Piero Lenardon

Poliziotto soccorritore

Emanuele Simonini

Altro poliziotto soccorritore

Stella Maris

Stella Maris

Vicina di Donato

Stefania Monaco

Donna al volante

Valeria Colombo

Commessa antiquariato

Miguel Lombardi

Titolare del locale

Alessandro Amoruso

Amico di Massimiliano

Sofia Balossi

Amica di Massimiliano

Roberta Ferrante

Altra amica di Massimiliano

Nicola Fossati

Altro amico di Massimiliano

Federico Manfredi

Primo soccorritore

Silvia Beillard

Soccorritrice

Sara Canali

Moglie di Fabio

Salvatore Cristiano

Vicino di casa in vestaglia

Redeo Marocchi

Padre di Bernaschi

Erminia Paglia

Madre di Bernaschi

Franco Pinelli

Franco Pinelli

Fratello di Bernaschi

Elettra Dallimore-Mallaby

Elettra Dallimore-Mallaby

Sorella di Bernaschi

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Paolo Virzì

Novel

Stephen Amidon

Screenplay

Francesco Bruni

Screenplay

Francesco Piccolo

Reviews

Rangan

Rangan

September 11, 2014

8

Lately I have been watching lots of movies from the book adaptation and here it comes another one. This time an English language novel transformed into an Italian movie. But what I heard is that a few changes were made to bring the Italian flavor. Well, what could I say more, if you know the director you will say he's the right person to make it happen and he did excellently. Recruited the best cast and extracted best out of them.

The story of the two families narrated in the different streams when a cyclist got hit by a car on the Christmas eve. So the question has been asked, how did it happen? And who did it? The characters from two families begin to expose their role on that accident night revealing who did what. Dino, a realtor sees an opportunity to get into a big earning league so he decides to invest a large amount on it. Followed by the recession he has to face the reality of business that puts his life on a stake. Carla, the wife of a multimillionaire gives a financial support for the struggling company. Later she has to let it go when her husband's business begins to fall apart. Serena, the daughter of Dino and Massimiliano, son of Carla are the close friends. Their story follows where one of them finds their true love and another one get into sadness for some reason. When all these three episodes concludes the final chapter begins to unveil the truth with a twist.

‘‘I know it does not look much like you, I tend to make things uglier.’’

The story was told in layers which were divided into the four chapters. The story that happened between the particular timeline was repeated again and again with another character's perspective and with different camera angles till truth reveals in the final chapter. As it's still developing the opening was confusing which was the first chapter. Without holding-up in development, it straight goes with the main intention of the theme. If you pass that then the following segments interest you to make you guess the possibilities the suspense it hold. Kind of impossible to predict because of the introduction of the related characters to the particular incident consumed by the three quarters of the film. Which mean twist comes at the latter part which was really a good one. Each character that comes in the different episodes were incredible. Like, for a moment it was unhooked from the rest and centralizes that specific story stream, but the common event holds the story all together. I liked all the main characters, but the character Serena steals the final show. The role who played it was a new face and I kind see a great career ahead of her. (God, she's kind of attractive, hope its not me the only one to say that.) This was one of the recent best neo-noir. If somebody asks, I definitely recommend it.

8/10

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Italian

Budget:

$6,000,000.00

Revenue:

$5,809,330.00

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