| Human Capital | |
| Native Name: | Il capitale umano |
| Cinematography: | Jérôme Alméras |
| Editing: | Cecilia Zanuso |
| Studio: | Indiana Production Company, coproduced by Rai Cinema and Manny Films |
| Producer: | Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Runtime: | 109 minutes |
Human Capital (it|'''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]
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.
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]
Human Capital holds an 81% rating and a weighted average of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 68 reviews, with the consensus being, "Part character study, part socioeconomic fable, Human Capital offers trenchant commentary as well as absorbing drama." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics.[9]
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
| 69th Silver Ribbon Awards[10] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Best Producer | Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | |||
| Best Screenplay | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | |||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio e Fabrizio Gifuni | |||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |||
| Best Scenography | Mauro Radaelli | |||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | |||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | |||
| Guglielmo Biraghi Award | Matilde Gioli | |||
| 59th David di Donatello Awards[11] | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Best Director | Paolo Virzì | |||
| Best Script | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo & Paolo Virzì | |||
| Best Producer | Indiana Production Rai Cinema and Motorino Amaranto | |||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | |||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Valeria Golino | |||
| Best Cinematography | Jérôme Almèras | |||
| Best Sets and Decorations | Mauro Radaelli | |||
| Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | |||
| Best Makeup | Caroline Philipponnat | |||
| Best Hairstyling | Stéphane Desmarez | |||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | |||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli | |||
| Best Score | Carlo Virzì | |||
| Best Song | Giacomo Vaccai e Jackie O'S Farm | |||
| Best Special Effects | Effetti Digitali Italiani (eng: Italian Digital Effects) | |||
| Youngs' David | Paolo Virzì | |||
| 54th Globi d'oro | Best Film | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Best Script | Paolo Virzì, Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo | |||
| Best Actor | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | |||
| 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[12] | Crystal Globe | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 50th Chicago International Film Festival[13] [14] | Gold Hugo for Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Gold Plaque for Best Art Direction | Mauro Radaelli | |||
| 41st Flaiano International Prizes[15] | Golden Pegasus Award for Best Director | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 37th Denver Film Festival[16] [17] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 34th Hawaii International Film Festival[18] [19] | EuroCinema Hawai'i Award | Paolo Virzì | ||
| EuroCinema Hawai'i Best Actress Award | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |||
| 29th Ciak d'oro[20] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Fabrizio Gifuni | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Matilde Gioli | |||
| Best Costumes | Bettina Pontiggia | |||
| Best Screenwriter | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì | |||
| Best Sound | Roberto Mozzarelli, Emanuele Chiappa and Alessandro Orlando | |||
| Best Editing | Cecilia Zanuso | |||
| Best Music | Carlo Virzì | |||
| Best Movie Poster | Riccardo Fidenzi and Maurizio Rubens | |||
| 27th European Film Awards[21] | Best Director | Paolo Virzì | ||
| Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |||
| 25th Stockholm International Film Festival[22] | Open Zone Award | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 23rd St. Louis International Film Festival[23] [24] | Best International Film | Paolo Virzì | ||
| St. Louis Film Critics' Joe Pollack Best Feature Award | Paolo Virzì | |||
| 22nd Raindance Film Festival[25] | Best International Feature | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 15th Ghent International Film Festival[26] | Canvas Audience Award | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 12th Tribeca Film Festival | Best Actress | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | ||
| Best Narrative Feature | Paolo Virzì | |||
| 4th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival[27] | Ischia Italian Movie Award | Paolo Virzì, Fabrizio Donvito, Benedetto Habib and Marco Cohen | ||
| Ischia Italian Director Award | Paolo Virzì | |||