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Human Capital (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Human Capital' is a 2013 Italian film directed by Paolo Virz. The film is based on the American novel 'Human Capital' by Stephen Amidon. For her performance in the film, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was awarded Best Actress at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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's 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 and Como, in the countryside of Osnago in the Province of Lecco and in Arese for the Villa with the swimming pool. The beautiful Villa of the Bernaschi Family is located in Fortunago, a medieval village in the Province of Pavia.
Cast
* Fabrizio Bentivoglio: Dino Ossola
* Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Carla Bernaschi
* Fabrizio Gifuni: Giovanni Bernaschi
* Valeria Golino: Roberta Morelli
* Matilde Gioli: Serena Ossola
* Guglielmo Pinelli: Massimiliano Bernaschi
* Luigi Lo Cascio: Donato Russomanno
* Giovanni Anzaldo (it): Luca
* Gigio Alberti: Giampi
* Bebo Storti: Inspector
* Michael Sart: Jean Louis, Bernaschi's assistant
* Silvia Cohen: Adriana Crosetti
* Gianluca Di Lauro: Fabrizio, the cyclist
* Paolo Pierobon, Luca's uncle
Reception
'Human Capital' holds an 80% "Certified Fresh" rating and a weighted average of 6.81/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews, with the consensus being, "Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, 'Human Capital' offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama."
Awards
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="95%"! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards
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! Award
! Category
! Recipients and nominees
! Result
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|rowspan="9"|69th Silver Ribbon Awards
| Best Director
| Paolo Virz
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| Best Producer
| Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto
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| Best Screenplay
| Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virz
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|Best Actor
|Fabrizio Bentivoglio e Fabrizio Gifuni
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| Best Actress
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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| Best Scenography
| Mauro Radaelli
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| Best Editing
| Cecilia Zanuso
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| Best Sound
| Roberto Mozzarelli
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|Guglielmo Biraghi Award
| Matilde Gioli
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|rowspan="19"|59th David di Donatello Awards
| Best Film
| Paolo Virz
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| Best Director
| Paolo Virz
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| Best Script
| Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virz
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| Best Producer
| Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto
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| Best Actor
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio
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| Best Actress
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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| Best Supporting Actor
| Fabrizio Gifuni
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| Best Supporting Actress
| Valeria Golino
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| Best Cinematography
| Jrme Almras
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| Best Sets and Decorations
| Mauro Radaelli
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| Best Costumes
| Bettina Pontiggia
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| Best Makeup
| Caroline Philipponnat
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| Best Hairstyling
| Stphane Desmarez
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| Best Editing
| Cecilia Zanuso
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| Best Sound
| Roberto Mozzarelli
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| Best Score
| Carlo Virz
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| Best Song
| Giacomo Vaccai e Jackie O'S Farm
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| Best Special Effects
| Effetti Digitali Italiani (eng: Italian Digital Effects)
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| Youngs' David
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="3"| 54th Globi d'oro
| Best Film
| Paolo Virz
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|Best Script
| Paolo Virz, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo
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|Best Actor
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio
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|rowspan="1"|50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
| Crystal Globe
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="2"|50th Chicago International Film Festival/http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival/2014-schedule/film/?id=65
| Gold Hugo for Best International Feature
| Paolo Virz
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| Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction
| Mauro Radaelli
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|rowspan="1"|41st Flaiano International Prizes
| Golden Pegasus Award for Best Director
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="1"|37th Denver Film Festival
|Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature
|Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="2"|34th Hawaii International Film Festival
| EuroCinema Hawai'i Award
| Paolo Virz
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| EuroCinema Hawai'i Best Actress Award
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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|rowspan="10"|29th Ciak d'oro
| Best Director
| Paolo Virz
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| Best Actress
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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| Best Supporting Actor
| Fabrizio Gifuni
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| Best Supporting Actress
| Matilde Gioli
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| Best Costumes
| Bettina Pontiggia
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| Best Screenwriter
| Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virz
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| Best Sound
| Roberto Mozzarelli, Emanuele Chiappa and Alessandro Orlando
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| Best Editing
| Cecilia Zanuso
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| Best Music
| Carlo Virz
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| Best Movie Poster
| Riccardo Fidenzi and Maurizio Rubens
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|rowspan="2"|27th European Film Awards
|Best Director
| Paolo Virz
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|Best Actress
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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|rowspan="1"|25th Stockholm International Film Festival
| Open Zone Award
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="2"|23rd St. Louis International Film Festival
| Best International Film
| Paolo Virz
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| St. Louis Film Critics' Joe Pollack Best Feature Award
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="1"|22nd Raindance Film Festival
| Best International Feature
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="1"|15th Ghent International Film Festival
| Canvas Audience Award
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="2"|12th Tribeca Film Festival
| Best Actress
| Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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| Best Narrative Feature
| Paolo Virz
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|rowspan="2"|4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival
| Ischia Italian Movie Award
| Paolo Virz, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Marco Cohen
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| Ischia Italian Director Award
| Paolo Virz
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See also
* List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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