Il capitale umano
Italy
Synopsis
Director's Statement
So we made it an Italian story, the story of Dino Ossola, a real estate agent in hot water, who’s enrolled his daughter Serena in a prestigious prep school he can barely afford. We immersed that mosaic of stories and characters in a Northern Italian province of today, a place straddling the border of wealth and desperation. We decided to structure the plot like a real thriller, with a dead body on our hands from the very first scene: a cyclist hit on an icy winter’s night, on the eve of the Christmas holidays. Tracing the steps of the various characters, the entire film re-tells the story of what happened that night, piece by piece, showing how that accident could change each of their lives.
Mainly, however, it tells the story of how money - the angst of multiplying it, the anxiety of losing it - determines the relationships, the fates, and the worth of the people it touches.
Cast & Crew
Directed by: Paolo Virzi
Written by: Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Bruni, Paolo Virzi
Produced by: Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib, Philippe Gompel, Birgit Kemner
Cinematography: Jérôme Alméras
Editing: Cecilia Zanuso
Production Design: Mauro Radaelli
Costume Design: Bettina Pontiggia
Original Score: Carlo Virzì
Sound: Roberto Mozzarelli
Cast: Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Nominations and Awards
- European Director 2014
- European Actress 2014
- Feature Film Selection 2014